How AI Is 'Terraforming' A New Grindr - the Internal and External Impact of a Tech Revolution in Action
Grindr CEO George Arison says the dating app is rapidly becoming an AI‑native organization, with roughly 70% of its code now produced by AI agents. The AI‑driven workflow has boosted engineer productivity by about 1.5 times and enables features like Edge’s A‑List, which summarizes a user’s most valuable chats, and Discover, which surfaces matches beyond geographic limits. Arison claims Grindr ranks in the top five‑percent of tech firms for AI adoption, leveraging its extensive user data to power these innovations. The company also demonstrated AI’s depth by using a synthetic voice model for analyst calls.
All Lines Insurance Selects EZLynx to Enable Employee Productivity From Day One
All Lines Insurance Associates has selected EZLynx’s integrated agency management platform to replace its fragmented technology stack. The migration consolidates quoting, policy administration, client communications, and renewals into a single cloud‑based system, simplifying new‑hire onboarding and boosting staff productivity. EZLynx’s...
M3ter Expands Integration With Salesforce to Support Advanced Usage Monetization in Agentforce Revenue Management
m3ter announced that its Connector for Salesforce now integrates with Revenue Cloud Advanced and Revenue Cloud Billing, extending support beyond Agentforce Sales and CPQ. Salesforce has appointed m3ter as an advanced metering and rating partner for both RCA and RCB,...
A QUICker SASE Client: Re-Building Proxy Mode
Cloudflare has rebuilt the proxy mode of its Cloudflare One client, swapping the WireGuard‑based L3 tunnel for direct L4 proxying over QUIC. By leveraging HTTP/3 CONNECT and MASQUE, traffic remains at the transport layer, eliminating the smoltcp conversion step. Internal...
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Figma reported $250 million revenue for fiscal Q2 2025, a 41% year‑over‑year increase and a new quarterly record. The company posted a 129% non‑GAAP net dollar retention rate, 90% gross margin, and a 5% operating margin, while noting near‑term margin compression from...
Now GA: Up to 20x Faster Pulumi Operations for Everyone
Pulumi has moved its journaling performance enhancement to general availability, making it the default for all Pulumi Cloud operations when using CLI version 3.225.0 or later. The change replaces full‑snapshot state saves with incremental journaling, enabling parallel updates and delivering up to...
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SaasRise Mastermind Recap - Mar 4, 2026
The SaasRise Mastermind on March 4, 2026 tackled churn mitigation for usage‑based SaaS, the evolving role of integrators, and building AI‑driven competitive moats. Participants were urged to monitor 20‑25% usage drops, set custom alerts, and run Quarterly Business Reviews to protect net...
Phoenix Taps Adobe DX To Unify Websites, Streamline Services
Phoenix consolidated 44 department websites into a single phoenix.gov portal using Adobe Experience Manager, completing a four‑year transformation that shifted the site to a resident‑first model. The new platform lets roughly 60 departments manage content directly, cutting page‑update times from...
OPIA LAUNCHES CLIENT GIFT CONCIERGE TO MODERNIZE CLIENT GIFTING FOR REAL ESTATE & SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
Opia has introduced Client Gift Concierge™, a premium‑built digital gifting platform tailored for real‑estate agents and other service professionals. The solution replaces manual gift‑giving with instant, compliant, and retention‑focused rewards, offering access to more than 250 gift‑card options and automated...
Microsoft Expands Sovereign Cloud Capabilities to Support AI Models
Microsoft announced a major expansion of its sovereign‑cloud portfolio, adding Foundry Local for on‑device AI inference and making Azure Local and Microsoft 365 Local globally available in disconnected environments. The new services let qualified customers run large AI models and core...
Circana Launches Complete Why Analytics Platform for CPG Sales Performance
Circana unveiled Complete Why, an AI‑driven analytics platform for the consumer packaged goods sector, embedded in its Unify+ visualization suite. The tool models sales performance at store‑ and week‑level, evaluating up to 60 drivers such as price, promotions, distribution, competition,...
OpenAI's Codex App Lands on Windows After Topping a Million Mac Downloads in Its First Week
OpenAI has launched a native Windows version of its Codex app, featuring a custom OS‑level sandbox that isolates AI agents and enforces token and file‑system permissions. The Mac release previously achieved over one million downloads in its first week, and...
Emails To Outlook.com Rejected By Faulty Or Overzealous Blocking Rules
Microsoft’s outbound email filters mistakenly rejected legitimate messages sent to Outlook.com, Live, Hotmail and MSN accounts last week. The over‑aggressive IP reputation checks generated 550 errors, blocking invoices, notifications and authentication emails despite senders having clean SNDS scores and being...
Motel One Innovates Operations Using Oracle Cloud
European upscale hotel chain Motel One completed a full migration of its 101 properties in 13 countries to Oracle’s OPERA Cloud PMS within a four‑month window. The cloud platform delivers a unified data foundation, built‑in analytics, and access to over...
SAP Integrates SmartRecruiters with SuccessFactors
SAP has integrated the SmartRecruiters hiring platform, acquired last September, into its SuccessFactors HCM suite, creating a unified talent architecture. The integration provides end‑to‑end hiring with embedded AI, bidirectional data flow, single sign‑on, and combined AI assistants Joule and Winston....
Introducing PageSense 3.0 - Agency Edition
Zoho unveiled PageSense 3.0 – Agency Edition, a new experimentation platform tailored for digital agencies, CRO consultants, and growth partners. The solution adds a centralized dashboard, isolated data environments, flexible visitor‑quota management, and real‑time usage alerts to simplify multi‑client testing. Core...
Google Ads Status Dashboard Flags Ad Manager Reporting Issue
Google flagged a reporting disruption on the Google Ads Status Dashboard affecting Google Ad Manager. The incident started at 13:49 UTC on March 4, and by 13:54 UTC Google confirmed that some users could access Ad Manager but were seeing stale or mismatched...
RightRev Releases AI Platform for End-to-End Revenue Accounting Automation
RightRev unveiled Revi, an AI‑powered revenue automation platform, on March 4 2026. The suite embeds two AI agents—a Contract Review Agent that extracts terms and generates audit‑ready checklists, and an Anomaly Detector Agent that flags revenue schedule variances. Revi also includes a...
Olo Launches First Consumer-Facing Digital Ordering App
Restaurant technology platform Olo unveiled its first consumer‑facing digital ordering app as part of the new Olo Network. The app functions like a marketplace but charges restaurants zero commission and lets them retain full guest‑data ownership. Built on the password‑free...
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SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap Mar 3, 2026
The SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind call covered three growth pillars for a $6 M ARR SaaS. First, it detailed cold‑email tactics, urging teams to track click‑through rates (target 3% of 13,000 contacts) and follow up every click with multi‑touch outreach before asking...
Tabnine Fills the Organizational Context Gap for Enterprise AI
Tabnine has unveiled the Enterprise Context Engine (ECE), a platform that injects structured organizational knowledge into AI coding agents. By continuously modeling software architecture, documentation, and engineering practices, ECE moves beyond simple retrieval‑augmented generation to enable agents to reason about...
One Startup’s Pitch to Provide More Reliable AI Answers: Crowdsource the Chatbots
CollectivIQ, a Boston‑based spin‑out of Buyers Edge Platform, launched a multi‑model AI answer engine that queries up to ten large language models—including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok—simultaneously to deliver fused, more accurate responses for enterprises. The platform encrypts prompts and...
Wiss Expands NetSuite Automation Capabilities
Wiss announced its new status as a Certified Netgain Implementation Partner, giving it the authority to deploy Netgain’s native NetSuite add‑ons directly within client ERP environments. The partnership enables Wiss to embed automation across critical accounting workflows such as fixed‑asset...
Carpentry, CapEx, and Continuing Disruption - Salesforce CDO Joe Inzerillo on the Real Impact of AI on SaaS Providers
At the Morgan Stanley TMT conference, Salesforce Chief Digital Officer Joe Inzerillo argued that generative AI is an accelerator, not a destroyer, for SaaS businesses. He likened AI to a table‑saw that lets engineers deliver features 20‑times faster, turning back‑log...
Telcos Rebrand as Cloud Providers During MWC
At Mobile World Congress, global telcos announced a strategic shift to brand themselves as AI, cloud, and edge service providers, directly targeting enterprise and public‑sector customers. They are leveraging partnerships with hyperscalers to embed telco workloads into existing cloud platforms,...
Diligent AI Raises $2.5M to Support KYC and AML Teams with AI Agents
London‑based Diligent AI, a Y Combinator‑backed startup, has closed a $2.5 million seed round led by Speedinvest with participation from fintech investors and strategic angels. The company builds autonomous AI agents that automate repetitive KYC and AML tasks such as risk...
The Right Way to Architect Modern Web Applications
The article argues there is no single “right” way to build modern web applications; instead, teams should adopt hybrid, constraint‑driven architectures that combine server‑side rendering with client‑side hydration. It explains how today’s apps span servers, edge caches, and browsers, requiring...
Rankings | Rethinking HR Technology Decisions in Europe: Lessons From the Latest Fosway 9-Grid
The latest Fosway 9‑Grid report confirms Workday’s tenth straight year as a Strategic Leader, underscoring its dominance in Europe’s HR‑tech market. The analysis highlights five trends reshaping the region: platform consolidation, heightened employee‑experience demands, AI‑driven work redesign, a pivot to...
9 Sales Performance Tools for 2026: My Picks
Harshita Tewari reviews nine sales performance management (SPM) platforms for 2026, ranking them from enterprise‑grade Salesforce Sales Cloud to lightweight tools like Pipedrive. The selection criteria focus on quota tracking, forecasting accuracy, coaching analytics, CRM integration, and incentive management, drawing...
CrowdStrike ‘Turbo Charging’ Security Platform Growth With Falcon Flex: CEO George Kurtz
CrowdStrike’s Falcon Flex subscription model propelled its ARR related to Flex deals 120% year‑over‑year to $1.69 billion, contributing to a total ARR of $5.25 billion for fiscal 2026. The company’s managed‑service‑provider (MSSP) channel surged past $1.3 billion, up from under $100 million three years earlier....
Red Violet Inc (RDVT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Red Violet reported Q2 2025 revenue of $21.8 million, a 14% year‑over‑year increase and 21% organic growth after excluding a prior‑year one‑time transaction. The company posted a record adjusted gross margin of 84% and free cash flow of $4.8 million, up 47%...
Stem Inc (STEM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Stem Inc. posted Q3 2025 revenue of $38 million, a 31% year‑over‑year increase, and ARR rose to $60 million, up 17%. The company recorded a second straight quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA ($2 million) and generated $11 million of operating cash flow. Management highlighted...
How Gremlin Makes Disaster Recovery Testing Easier and Faster
Gremlin has introduced a Disaster Recovery Testing feature that lets organizations simulate catastrophic failures across all services with a few clicks. The tool builds on pre‑built test suites to establish baseline reliability scores, then supports regular weekly testing of individual...
Scanifly Is Official Design Platform for CertainTeed’s SunStyle Solar Roof
Scanifly has been appointed the official design platform for CertainTeed’s premium SunStyle solar roof systems. The new SunStyle Designer lets contractors create 3‑D layouts, generate real‑time production estimates, and export full installation reports across Scanifly’s remote and drone‑based environments. Automated...
Gartner Acknowledges Growth of Decision Intelligence Platforms with Inaugural Magic Quadrant
Gartner released its inaugural Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, signaling a shift from data‑driven to decision‑centric strategies. The report highlights legacy players like FICO alongside newer pro‑code solutions such as Quantexa, and notes that generative AI integration remains early....
Propel Software Marks Best Year in Company History Fueled by DesignHub, Propel One Solutions
Propel Software reported a record‑breaking fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, with bookings up 42% year‑over‑year and a strong Q4 surge. Growth was powered by its DesignHub multi‑CAD integration and Propel One agentic AI platform, which attracted manufacturers seeking to replace legacy...
Accenture Down to Buy Downdetector as Part of $1.2 Billion Deal
Accenture announced a $1.2 billion acquisition of Ookla, the parent of Downdetector, from Ziff Davis, bringing Speedtest, Ekahau and RootMetrics into its portfolio. The deal expands Accenture’s intelligence and analytics capabilities for telecom operators, hyperscalers and enterprise networks. Ziff Davis will apply the...
KeyCare Raises $27.4M to Scale Epic-Integrated Virtual Care Platform
KeyCare announced a $27.4 million financing round led by HealthX Ventures, bringing its cumulative capital to over $55 million. The Epic‑integrated virtual‑care platform connects health systems with independent providers across primary, behavioral, and urgent care. Funds will be used to scale operations,...
Revenium Launches Tool Registry to Give Developers Full Cost Visibility Into AI Agent Deployments
Revenium announced the general availability of its Tool Registry, a platform that gives enterprises end‑to‑end visibility into the true cost of AI agent deployments. The solution goes beyond token‑level tracking by capturing fees from external APIs, SaaS services, and human‑in‑the‑loop...
Apple, Google Wallets Get Personal
Digital‑wallet platforms from Apple and Google are evolving beyond simple payments, with startups like Badge turning them into interactive commerce channels. Badge’s infrastructure lets brands push real‑time, location‑aware offers and loyalty updates directly to a consumer’s wallet. The San‑Francisco‑based company...
Olo Chooses Linked Eats as 3PD Profitability Partner
Restaurant technology platform Olo has selected Linked Eats as its preferred partner to boost profitability in third‑party delivery (3PD). Linked Eats, which powers over 40,000 storefronts, will provide Olo’s restaurant clients with real‑time data, AI‑driven pricing, revenue recapture and unified...
Enrico Palmerino Explains Botkeeper's Fall
Botkeeper, a venture‑backed accounting automation platform, shut down in February after a rapid loss of its core client base. CEO Enrico Palmerino explained that 30‑40% of revenue came from just ten large accounting firms, and a wave of mergers among...
Brownsville’s Edge AI Experiment Reimagines the Economics of the Connected City
Brownsville, Texas has launched an in‑city edge AI platform that runs on private 5G and fiber, turning low‑cost IoT sensor data into real‑time public‑safety insights. NTT Data’s Shahid Ahmed highlighted that traditional GPU‑heavy AI would break IoT economics, prompting a...
Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and Monitoring for Voice and Chat AI Agents
Cekura, a YC F24 startup, launches a simulation platform that lets developers test voice and chat AI agents at scale. The service creates synthetic user conversations, imports real production dialogs, and uses a mock‑tool environment to evaluate agent behavior without hitting...
Executive Intelligence Podcast - Certinia Founder Deb Ashton on the Changing Services Business, Learning From Customers, and Seizing Opportunities as...
Deb Ashton, founder of Certinia (formerly FinancialForce), explains how services firms are shifting from traditional time‑and‑materials and fixed‑price contracts to recurring revenue models driven by customer success metrics. She highlights AI’s role in automating routine work, forcing new pricing and...
Sign Customiser Tops $75M as Sign Shops Ditch Spreadsheet Quotes for Online Ordering with AI Quote Automation
Sign Customiser, an Adelaide‑based quoting platform, has processed more than $75 million in merchant sales across 100 countries over the past four years. The solution replaces spreadsheet‑based pricing with an embeddable AI‑driven customiser widget that lets customers design, price, and pay...
DeepKeep Launches AI Agent Attack Surface Scanner to Map Enterprise Risk
DeepKeep Ltd. unveiled its AI Agent Scanner, a tool that maps the attack surface of generative AI agents within enterprise workflows. The solution provides instant visibility into agents' tool and data access, visual risk maps, and identifies potential vulnerabilities. It...
Alkira Launches Partner Program to Boost Services Revenue and AI Infrastructure Wins
Alkira announced its Connect Partner Program, a partner‑first platform designed to help global systems integrators, managed service providers, cloud service providers and AI‑focused firms deliver complex networking and AI infrastructure solutions faster and more profitably. The program introduces Connect Services...
Krisp Launches Listener-Side, Real-Time Accent Conversion
Krisp Technologies introduced a listener‑side, real‑time accent conversion feature that adapts incoming speech for individual listeners without changing the speaker’s voice. The system runs locally on the user’s device, delivering sub‑200 ms latency and preserving privacy by storing no raw audio....
AI Is the Fourth Interface, Morgan Browne Founder and CEO Enterpryze
Enterpryze, founded by Morgan Browne, offers a mobile‑first, cloud ERP built on SAP Business One, positioning AI as the fourth interface for SMEs. Browne, a former SAP Global Partner Council member and EY Entrepreneur finalist, transformed Milner Browne into a...
