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
GitLab CEO on Why AI Isn’t Helping Enterprise Ship Code Faster
GitLab CEO Bill Staples says AI coding assistants haven’t accelerated enterprise software delivery because developers spend only 10‑20% of their day writing code. The remaining 80‑90% involves reviews, pipeline runs, security and compliance checks that remain untouched by AI. GitLab’s newly GA‑ed Duo Agent Platform aims to automate the entire software development lifecycle by leveraging contextual metadata across issues, tests, and security scans. Staples argues that a platform‑wide, context‑rich approach, not isolated code‑generation tools, is needed to unlock true velocity.
Microsoft 365 Outage Takes Down Admin Center in North America
Microsoft confirmed a service outage affecting the Microsoft 365 admin center for some business and enterprise administrators in North America. The disruption also extends to the M365 app, with users experiencing degraded functionality and inability to raise support tickets. Thousands...
Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents
Former GitHub CEO launches Entire, a developer platform built for AI agents, backed by a $60 million seed round led by Felicis. The company’s first offering is an open‑source CLI that records agent context as versioned "Checkpoints" alongside Git commits. Entire...
Keep Core Systems, Use AI to Reduce Friction
There is a strategic difference between creating advantage and assuming responsibility. Mission-critical systems of record are designed to manage compliance, auditability, and operational consistency across industries. Replacing them with AI-built alternatives transfers that responsibility to internal teams for the life...
CRM Implementation Guide: 9 Steps to a High-ROI Rollout in 2026 – Shopify
In this episode Shopify’s CRM strategist Kristen Makin explains why 70 % of CRM projects fail and outlines a nine‑step roadmap for a high‑ROI rollout in 2026. The discussion emphasizes treating CRM as a strategic, cross‑functional operating model rather than a...
Winning Products Focus on the Critical Last 20%
We’re about to be flooded with: – average MVPs – look-alike products – tools with no point of view – software that works but doesn’t matter What actually wins now isn’t speed to “something.” Today, anyone can prompt their way...
Disruption with Some GitHub Services
On February 10, 2026, GitHub reported a service incident that degraded Pull Requests performance. The platform experienced intermittent timeouts on several pages beginning at 15:07 UTC, with updates confirming degraded service at 15:08 UTC. The outage primarily affected developers’ ability to create,...
Oracle Expands Cloud SCM Capabilities to Address Complex Needs of Process Manufacturers
Oracle announced new capabilities in its Fusion Cloud SCM suite tailored for process manufacturers. The updates introduce AI‑assisted recipe synchronization, dynamic batch sizing, and granular yield modeling to handle blending, mixing, and batch‑based production. Enhanced traceability features include lot‑specific unit‑of‑measure...
Hauler Hero Collects $16M for Its AI Waste Management Software
Hauler Hero announced a $16 million Series A round led by Frontier Growth, bringing its total venture funding above $27 million. The Boston‑based startup offers an all‑in‑one AI‑powered platform that manages CRM, billing, routing and now three AI agents for vision, chat and...
Upland Panviva’s Sidekick Unveils AI Conversational Search to Elevate Enterprise Knowledge
Upland Software launched AI Conversational Search for its Panviva Sidekick browser assistant, letting frontline agents query enterprise knowledge in plain English. The feature combines Retrieval‑Augmented Generation with large language models, pulling only from approved, compliance‑driven content to curb hallucinations. It...
Word of Mouth Trumps Paid Ads by 20×
42% of CMOs rank word of mouth #1. 2% rank paid ads #1. That's a 20x gap between what drives consideration and where most budgets go. We asked 101 B2B SaaS CMOs to rank what actually gets a vendor into their consideration set. %...
Stop Chasing Leads: Fix Systemic Blind Spots
Why your lead gen isn’t working: 4 systemic blind spots you’re missing. Most B2B Marketers and Founders think their lead gen is broken because of tactics, but the real causes run deeper. 1. Chasing Volume Over Relevance I’ve seen so...
From 1 AI Agent to 20+: The Reality of Managing Multiple AI Agents Across Your GTM
In this episode the host shares eight months of experience running 20+ AI agents across SaaStr's go‑to‑market function, generating $4.8 M in additional pipeline and $2.4 M in closed‑won revenue. He explains that the results are additive but require daily hands‑on management,...
Oxide Raises $200M Series C
Oxide announced a $200 million Series C round, doubling the size of its recent Series B. The capital was raised exclusively from existing investors, reflecting strong backer confidence despite the company already achieving product‑market fit with its hardware offering. Oxide argues the infusion...
Newo Lands $25M to Bring Production-Ready AI Receptionists to Small Businesses
Newo Inc. announced a $25 million Series A round to accelerate its AI receptionist platform for small and medium‑sized businesses. The solution provides human‑like voice, SMS and chat agents that handle calls, appointment booking, lead qualification, and handoffs using a Zero‑Hallucination Architecture....
Matia Raises $21M to Help Enterprises Consolidate Their Data Management Operations
Matia announced a $21 million Series A round, led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding above $31 million. The startup offers a unified DataOps platform on AWS that merges ETL, reverse‑ETL, observability and catalog functions into a single interface. It can...
Spire.AI Unveils Knowra, a Domain-Aware Context Intelligent Platform to Solve Complex Enterprise Objectives
Spire.AI announced Knowra, a domain‑aware Contextual AI platform that overlays a knowledge‑graph‑driven intelligence layer onto existing enterprise data and AI stacks. The solution unifies fragmented data, semantics, and business rules to deliver decision‑ready outcomes while preserving governance and explainability. Built...
Coveo Announces Hosted MCP Server to Expand Enterprise AI and Agentic Partner Ecosystem
Coveo unveiled its Hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a secure interoperability layer that links the company’s AI‑Relevance platform to leading large‑language models such as ChatGPT Enterprise and Anthropic’s Claude. The MCP Server lets AI agents query Coveo’s unified content...
Prepare Detailed Financials to Impress Acquisition Buyers
I talk with a lot of founders who want to go to market on @acquiredotcom unprepared to save some time and see if it's worth it. The problem with this is how buyers evaluate startup acquisition opportunities. Most will require and expect,...
Ship Imperfectly, Let Users See Your Vision
Flo Crivello , founder of Lindy told me he gave early users a product that was oily, half-broken, and rough around the edges. His no-code AI automation platform wasn't ready. Not by traditional standards. The first people through the door...
Salesforce Lays Off Staffers as Executive Leadership Churn Continues
Salesforce announced a new round of layoffs affecting roughly 1,000 employees across marketing, product management, data analytics, and its Agentforce AI unit. The cuts follow a series of workforce reductions over the past two years as the company pivots toward...
Alpaca Markets Bolsters Offerings with Fixed Income Expansion and Enhanced Investor Protections
Alpaca Markets announced the integration of U.S. corporate bonds into its Broker API, adding over 500 investment‑grade and high‑yield issues alongside its existing Treasury bill offerings. The fintech also raised its excess SIPC protection, now covering up to $75 million in...
Show HN: Pipelock – All-in-One Security Harness for AI Coding Agents
Pipelock is a single‑binary, zero‑dependency security harness designed for AI coding agents that need shell access and API keys. It isolates the agent process from unrestricted internet by routing all web traffic through a fetch‑proxy that applies a seven‑layer scanning...
Europe Is Going All-In on Sovereign Cloud – Investment to Triple by 2027
Gartner projects European sovereign cloud IaaS spending will more than triple, rising from $6.7 billion in 2025 to over $23.1 billion in 2027, outpacing the global market whose spend is expected to double. This rapid expansion positions Europe as the third‑largest spender...
SMAART Company Launches Technology Solutions for Modern Businesses
SMAART Company is close to launching KoreCRM, a proprietary platform that consolidates revenue‑operations functions into a single system of record. The solution links lead generation, sales execution, automation, communications, and analytics while natively integrating Google Workspace. SMAAD also bundles Salesforce...
Inside Viche Financials’ Finance Flow: Redefining How Businesses Manage Finances
Viche Financials launched Finance Flow, an intelligent financial‑orchestration platform that consolidates cash‑flow, receivables, payables, scenario modelling, alerts and funding‑strategy insights into a single dashboard. The solution applies time‑series analysis, machine‑assisted pattern recognition and predictive analytics to forecast cash gaps and...
Ambience Healthcare Appoints Mike Valli as CRO and Chief Value Officer
Ambience Healthcare announced Mike Valli as chief revenue officer and chief value officer, merging commercial leadership with outcome accountability. Valli brings over 15 years of experience from symplr and Optum, overseeing multi‑solution portfolios and large hospital partnerships. The dual role...
Building AI Product Sense, Part 2
In part two of "Building AI Product Sense," Dr. Marily Nika, an experienced AI product manager from Google and Meta, outlines a weekly ritual for developing AI product sense—translating model behavior into trustworthy products. She explains why Meta now includes...
‘Vanishingly Small’: Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Downplays AI Impact on Jobs Amid ‘SaaSpocalypse’ Fears
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei told ABC News that AI will only replace a vanishingly small number of jobs, emphasizing that human skills such as critical thinking, empathy and communication will become more valuable. She highlighted the importance of humanities education...
Tabi Connect Launches AI-Powered Dynamic Business Rules Engine at Manifest 2026
Tabi Connect unveiled its AI‑powered Dynamic Business Rules Engine at Manifest 2026, enabling freight brokers to create and modify complex pricing logic using plain‑English commands without any code. The engine replaces manual, spreadsheet‑driven quoting with a real‑time, governed decision layer...
Is Agentic Commerce Enterprise-Grade, or Not? Yes, Says Ayal Karmi - but It Needs Operational Rails
In early 2026 OpenAI and Google introduced the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) and Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), formalising AI‑driven checkout standards. nekuda positions itself as the enterprise‑grade bridge, providing secure payment rails that connect these protocols to merchant back‑ends. The...
From Operational Efficiency to Asset Performance - How Precision Drilling Used SAP S/4HANA to Turn Asset Data Into Operational Intelligence
Precision Drilling migrated to SAP S/4HANA starting in 2017, coupling the greenfield ERP rollout with a rigorous data‑governance program based on ISO 14224 standards. The shift replaced a heavily customized ECC landscape with standardized processes, master‑data hierarchies and role‑based Fiori apps,...
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SaaS SEO In 10 Steps [Examples Included]
The guide outlines a ten‑step framework for building a high‑performing SaaS SEO strategy, from keyword research to brand building. It emphasizes product‑led content, topic clusters, and international optimization as differentiators for SaaS firms. The article quantifies the impact, noting that...
AI-Native Proptech Startup MARC Backed by a Group of Angel Investors
Dublin‑based proptech startup MARC announced a $1 million pre‑seed round backed by 23 angel investors, including notable real‑estate and tech founders, with no venture‑capital participation. The company’s AI‑driven platform automates contract discovery, extraction, and term structuring from sources such as email...
Abio Technologies Launches Abio Spark and Blaze at SLAS2026
Abio Technologies unveiled its AI‑first software suite at SLAS2026, introducing Abio Spark and Abio Blaze. Spark is a free, integrated electronic lab notebook and inventory system aimed at academics and startups. Blaze is an AI‑powered orchestration platform that connects heterogeneous...
emlrn.com Redefines Customer Support Outsourcing Through Brand-First Execution
emlrn limited is reshaping outsourced customer support by making brand alignment the core of its service model. Targeting e‑commerce, SaaS, fintech and other tech firms, the company delivers 24/7 omnichannel assistance that mirrors each client’s tone and processes. Structured onboarding...
Ringzy Provides AI Call Answering Software for Small Businesses, Built by ValidPixel
Ringzy, an AI‑powered call answering platform built by ValidPixel, targets small and service‑based businesses that lose revenue from missed phone calls. The solution answers inbound calls 24/7 with natural‑sounding voice agents that follow customizable business scripts. By handling calls in...
EnforceAuth Launches First AI-Native Security Fabric to Govern Autonomous Software Decisions
EnforceAuth unveiled its AI Security Fabric, the first authorization platform built specifically to govern decisions made by AI agents, automated workflows, and machine identities in real time. The solution shifts security focus from static identity checks to contextual, decision‑centric controls,...
Vesiro Raises €1.6M to Optimise Elasticsearch and Lower Server Energy Use
Vesiro, a Gothenburg spin‑out from Chalmers University, secured €1.6 million in seed funding backed by Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden and other investors. The startup offers a performance‑focused plug‑in for Elasticsearch that accelerates search queries and reduces the number of servers required. Internal...
Wrike Launches AI Agents to Deliver 6 Days of Output in 5
Wrike announced the general availability of Wrike AI Agents, moving artificial intelligence from chat interfaces into automated workflow execution. Early adopters claim up to 520 hours saved per employee annually, with weekly active AI users soaring 4,900% during the preview....
Enterprise Technology Buying Shifts Toward Real-World Evaluation as Works360 Expands Global Demo Infrastructure
Works360, a behind‑the‑scenes demo‑infrastructure provider, is now publicly launching its platform that powers real‑world technology evaluation for enterprise buyers. The company offers global logistics, evaluation centers, program orchestration, and analytics to help OEMs and channel partners deliver hands‑on experiences across...
Warehouse Management Systems Poised for Growth as Distribution Networks Chase E-Commerce Velocity
The U.S. warehouse management system (WMS) market is projected to grow at a 14.34% CAGR through 2031, driving global WMS spending from $4.77 billion in 2026 to $10.89 billion by 2031, with North America holding a 40% share. Cloud‑native platforms now account...
AI Agents Deliver 5× Productivity Leap Across Knowledge Work
The effective use of agents is creating one of the widest spreads in output productivity we’ve seen on a per role basis. We didn’t see this with chatbots previously. Chatbots probably sped up work by maybe 10-20% in most cases...
Naboo Raises $70M From Lightspeed for AI-Powered Events Procurement
Paris‑based event‑tech startup Naboo announced a $70 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Notion Capital, ISAI and Ternel. The financing follows a €20 million Series A and supports the company’s expansion beyond its core events platform into a...
Find Growth Alpha by Spotting AI’s Bad Advice
I’ve found a new favorite way to use LLMs: Checking for bad advice. Whenever I'm riffing on growth with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and I strongly disagree with a premise, I know I’ve struck gold on both content and execution....
Infrastructure Software Set for Multi-Month Rally as App Vendors Falter
Application software vendors are struggling and providing weak guidance, quality infrastructure software firms' revenue is accelerating. Infrastructure software vendors are attractively valued now and their stocks appear poised for a multi-month rally.
Zulip.com Values
Zulip positions itself as the world’s most organized team‑chat platform, built to endure for years with uninterrupted service since 2013. The company keeps the entire product 100% open source, offering self‑hosted installations that match cloud features at no cost. It...
AI Agents Double Deal Volume, Close $2.4M Fast
"How we built $4.8M in pipeline from our AI agents, $2.4M closed already - Deal volume has doubled - Win rate has doubled - Agents work 24x7 - Agents have more context to pull from - $100k deal closed on Saturday" https://t.co/JjohuS42oM
Size Analysis Is Generally Available in Sentry
Sentry has rolled out Size Analysis to every user following its May 2025 acquisition of Emerge Tools. The feature plugs into CI pipelines, automatically uploading each build and providing diff‑based size reports with actionable insights. Developers can set thresholds that fail...
From Messy to Modular: Rebuilding Filters in React
Harness rebuilt its execution‑listing filters with a modular React component built on the Context API. The new system replaces a hidden side‑panel legacy UI that lost state on refresh with a discoverable, type‑safe framework. It centralizes filter state in a...