CrowdStrike Hits $5B ARR Milestone, Record FY26
CrowdStrike just delivered a record FY26, capped by a blockbuster Q4. 🔒 $5.25B ending ARR - the ONLY pure-play software cyber company to cross $5B 📈 $331M net new ARR in Q4, all-time record, up 47% YoY. 💰 $1.24B FY26 free cash flow. All-time record. ⚡ $1.05B non-GAAP operating income. First year above $1B. AI is accelerating the threat. It's also accelerating our opportunity. If you want to build AI, you need GPUs. If you want to deploy AI, you need @CrowdStrike . To our customers, partners, and team: thank you. Full earnings release and FY27 outlook at https://t.co/jobE1YKqML. 🦅 $CRWD #CrowdStrike #Cybersecurity #AI #StoppingBreaches
Micro's X Integration Turns Email Into AI-Powered CRM
Been using Micro since last week and it’s awesome. Especially the new integration with X that allows you to find important people that follow you. I was going to call it a CRM killer but it does so much more...
Founders Dream: AI‑Powered Slack Runs All Departments
This is what every founder secretly wishes their Slack looked like. 124 AI agents across 15 departments. Engineering, Sales, Product, Design — all shipping autonomously. No API keys. No cloud bills. No meetings. Just vibes. https://t.co/Uz9P5TigMf https://t.co/W7H4S926JJ
From Panic to Product‑Market Fit: Listening Wins
As a college student, Peter Reinhardt (@reinpk) started a company that stumbled, pivoted, and nearly ran out of money before a small open-source library became Segment—the data layer behind thousands of software companies and was later acquired by Twilio. On the...
New Identity Layer Powers the Agentic AI Era
AI agents are acting, but your identity stack wasn’t built for that. @agenticfabriq is the identity and governance layer for the agentic era. Congrats on the launch, @paulinazhxu and @matthew_xu23! https://t.co/OVGYbWEZGo https://t.co/nHX5imQZFZ
AI Agents Accelerate SaaS Product Management Tenfold
AI agents are collapsing the traditional PM function. Here’s what that means for your SaaS over the next three years👇 For years, SaaS scaled with PMs translating customer input into documentation, and engineering turning that into a product. But now...
Figma’s Silent Change Signals Fight for Design Infrastructure Control
In February 2026, Figma released version 126.1.2. One line in the changelog caught nobody's attention. It should have. The update stripped --remote-debugging-port on startup, with no announcement and no deprecation warning. Just gone. Overnight, developers who'd spent months building automation...
Turn Every Call Into Instant Copywriting Gold
Every team call and customer meeting is now a copywriting gold mine. Let's riff on the topic right now. On the call. Take the transcript later. Work with Claude. Create briefs for events, webinars, emails, landing pages. If you can talk it...
Low‑cost Sales Hubs Fuel Egnyte’s $300M Success
Egnyte's first marketing spend: $6,000 on SEM. "I was like, holy s***, that's a lot of money." Now they spend millions per quarter. Same playbook. But the real edge? Inside sales offices in Spokane, Raleigh, Salt Lake City. Not SF. $300M+ revenue. $137.5M raised....
Why Software‑Enabled Agencies Are the Future of E‑commerce
Despite a small pocket of futile, violent resistance (looking at you @jacob_posel, @ChereneAubert and @Chillestdotcom) SEAN's (Software Enabled AgeNcies) are all the rage. In this week's ecommerce playbook podcast episode I break down why we are committed to building a SEAN and...
Support Contracts Evolve Into Three‑tier Success Plans
And support contracts become success contracts - and there are again three: - Foundational - included in every @SAP cloud solution - Advanced - more features on top of foundational - Max - more on top of both plans https://t.co/54SQy5gsMN
Stop Agency Overhead: Demand Revenue‑Focused, Actionable Marketing
You hired an agency to make your job lighter... But instead, you’re in more meetings. Weekly status calls. Slide decks full of impressions. Endless “next steps.” The reporting looks polished. But pipeline doesn’t feel any stronger. You’re not looking for...
Simple Shopify Gift App Reveals Complex Cart Management Challenges
We spent a year building a 'simple' @Shopify app: add free gift to cart, discount to zero. Then cart state management, discount conflicts, and popup cooldown debates happened. New pod with @karlmeisterheim and @PaulReda on what it actually takes. https://t.co/i2VKEDRfPy
Pick the Right Sale Type for Your Exit Goals
How much of your business do you want to sell? Should you pursue a minority, majority, or full sale transaction? Founders looking to exit or raise capital have to decide which is the best path to achieve your goals, both...
Value Decline, Not Churn Rate, Drives Revenue Loss
Your customers are churning. But not for the reason you think. Most founders look at monthly churn, see 3-4%, and think "we're fine." But then they pull up their net revenue retention at 12 months and it's sitting at 70%....
AI Is Now Executing Work, Reshaping SaaS and Ops
🚨 In the last ~10 days, the AI future of work essentially arrived. We just got a new class of products: AI that directly carries out work for us, instead of just chatting. It’ll rewrite SaaS, ops, governance faster than most orgs...
Never Too Late: Success Can Start at 40
Shipped my first SaaS at 36. Sold it at 38. Failed 3 projects at 39. Found product-market fit at 40. At 40 - I'm finally building something I love. You are NEVER too late to start.
MaxClaw: Free Credits, No API Fees, Flexible AI Tasks
This seems like one the most cost-effective way to deploy @OpenClaw rn. MaxClaw removes all API fees and tech hurdles so you can focus on building 💥 Their workflow is uber flexible: → start a task on Telegram → review results on their web...
Claude Code Adds Free Voice Mode for Faster Prompts
🚨 Voice Mode is officially coming to Claude Code. Currently rolling out to ~5% of users (Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise). It's super simple to use. Here's how: 1️⃣ Use `/voice` to enable 2️⃣ Hold Space to talk, then release 3️⃣ Mix typing and voicing...
OpenClaw Sparks 80+ Global Meetups in Months
I don’t think enough people are appreciating the how insane this is. Over 80 @openclaw meetups scheduled around the world, and more popping up every day. For a product less than a few months old. I’ve never seen anything like this. Something very special...
AI SEO Bot Turns Slack Into Full‑Time Optimizer
I have an OpenClaw SEO agent that sits in my team Slack for helping us with our internal SEO. It's connected to GSC, GA4, and our content creation product, ClickFlow + our CMS WordPress. When you insert a bot armed with...
Anthropic’s SaaS Plugins Trigger Market Shake‑up
.@AnthropicAI vs. SaaS: A nuanced view https://t.co/ZsLAg5fkSQ Anthropic has been portrayed as a SaaS assassin. Anthropic launches connectors and plugins to various enterprise apps and SaaS stocks tank.
AI‑native SaaS Rebirth Thrives as Legacy Valuations Collapse
What @eoghan did @intercom is one of the most impressive AI native "rebirths" in software. One upside of the massive downturn in SaaS valuations (if we're trying to be positive 😂) is the the market is estimating the residual value of...
Databricks RTM Beats Flink, No Batching Needed
#1 thing people don't know about Databricks and Apache Spark: the performance of Real-Time Mode (RTM), it's faster than Apache Flink and more robust. No more batching.
Early Bets Pay Off: Intercom Hits $400M ARR
Intercom was in a bad spot a few years ago. We invested well before that and didn't think we'd see a meaningful return. Now they're doing $400M ARR. @eoghan's message to SaaS incumbents: "I know how scary this time is. I want you...
Build Target Lists in 5 Minutes with Claude & ZoomInfo
Most “AI for sales” demos stop at generic copy. This one doesn’t. You can use Claude inside Slack + ZoomInfo data to build a target list and prep an account in under 5 minutes. EVERY @ZoomInfo customer already has access. I’ll show the exact...
AI App Companies Still Have Bright Future, Says Alex Imm
My friend @aleximm makes a compelling bull case that AI apps companies still have a bright future.
GTM Engineers: The $500K Solution Replacing SDR Teams
Patrick Spychalski has generated over $100m in pipeline using Clay . Then he sold his Clay agency for a life-changing amount. Tomorrow he's giving away the exact GTM systems being used by the hottest names in tech: Most B2B sales...
Zoho Poised to Survive the Upcoming SaaSpocalypse
Is Zoho best positioned to weather the coming “SaaSpocalypse”? After #ZohoDay2026, it’s clear the company has quietly prepared for disruption across geographic reach, economic efficiency, and technical unification. Get the scoop from @CR_MSchneider https://t.co/ZWmmEiPRON https://t.co/Fcbqu9yXjC
AI Agents Auto-Procure Vercel Marketplace Integrations
So exciting. Agents today write code and deploy it to Vercel, but now can also “do procurement” of third party services. Autonomous infrastructure means giving a path for the agents to *not* re-invent every wheel. You can just 𝚟𝚌 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍 things.
Hidden GTM Gaps Sabotage Growth Despite Busy Teams
Why your GTM team is busy, but not effective: 5 hidden system gaps. Most AI and SaaS Founders I’ve worked with are running at breakneck speed, but they keep telling me their growth feels stalled and their teams are burning...
AI Must Safeguard Today’s Clients and Build Tomorrow’s Loyalty
When using AI to improve revenue performance, you need to measure two things simultaneously: 1) whether AI is protecting the relationships that fund the business today, and 2) whether it’s earning the loyalty of the customers who will fund it...
Embrace AEO Now for Upstream Growth Advantage
Twenty years ago, I chose the channel I could measure over the one that could compound. Paid search felt clean. SEO felt messy. Looking back, avoiding SEO early was one of my biggest growth regrets. Today feels similar. AEO is...
Every SaaS Business Has a Viable Path Forward.
Big @intercom & @Fin_ai update with numbers from @eoghan There is a way forward for every SaaS business...you just might not like it. Read on...👇
From $600K to $1.29B: A Decade of Growth
Exactly 10 years ago (Jan 2016), I stepped in as CEO. We had just closed out Q4 with a total of $600k in revenue (screenshot from board deck). Fast forward a decade. Q4 audited GAAP Revenue: $1,290M and over $5.4B...
Snowflake's Q4 Surge Fueled by Data, AI Demand
.@Snowflake delivers strong Q4 amid data, AI demand https://t.co/65KzFIJHZ8 Snowflake reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter and said it added 740 net new customers, up 40% from a year ago. @ldignan https://t.co/bQQMWkJHHe
Replace SaaS with Claude, Save Thousands in One Day
As a brand owner you should be using claude to save $1000s on costs by building AI tools to replace all the different SaaS products you’re using. Here's 6 tools that you can easily build in one day. 1. Organic...
Compress Sales Leadership Phases to Accelerate Scaleup Growth
I see 3 phases of sales leadership hires in scaleups: 1st - Get first customers and get first sales reps. 2nd - Figure out the process to get customers and sales reps. 3rd - Scale the process to get customers and sales reps. You...
Self‑service Skyrockets when Customers Can Edit Orders
Installed @cleverific Friday, 100 customers self-served by Monday. If you let customers edit their own orders, they will. https://t.co/5r6uqAgzQ2
AI Uncovers True Reasons for Lost Deals, Bypassing Bias
Every quarter, management teams walk into the board meeting with a “Closed Lost Analysis” slide. It typically shows the top 5 reasons deals didn’t close. Pricing. Missing feature. No budget. Chose competitor. The problem? Much of that data is incomplete,...
Ahrefs Report Builder Gains Higher Limits and New Features
We heard your feedback. @ahrefs Report Builder is now more accessible, with higher limits to make reporting easier for everyone. 📈 -More reports & widgets for Lite+ -Scheduling now on Standard+ https://t.co/bLKyBCrL3w
First-Year SaaS Success: 5 Essential Lessons Learned
I created a 6-figure SaaS in my first year hitting $200K ARR. And I've learned more about myself in 12 months than I have ever in my career. 5 lessons I wish someone told me before I started.
Focus on Churn Retention, Not Just Cost Cuts
the only analysis on this, imo, outside of "efficiency savings" through mass layoffs (🤮🤮🤮🤮) and tech stack consolidation is what percentage of "churn and return" customers from these two cohorts would extend their subscription lifetime with very little CAC increases.
Founders Should Trust Their Gut Over Data
“Trust your gut.” That was Jason Fried answer when I asked him what advice he’d give every B2B SaaS founder. And it hit because it’s uncomfortable. We’ve built a whole business culture around justification: – data-supported decisions – evidence-based roadmaps...
Stop Quick Wins: Educate and Segment Leads for Pipeline Growth
Pipeline not growing? You might be making these 3 classic mistakes.. It’s painfully common: B2B Marketers and Founders get stuck on the sales treadmill, chasing only those who seem ready to buy now, ignoring the bigger picture. 1. Chasing Quick...
Cloud SaaS Fees Behave Like Endless Car Leases
Cloud software costs are like leasing a car: payments never stop. Worse, these costs will only escalate annually, never plateauing. Expect significant increases in your operating expenditure due to contract structures. #CloudCosts #SaaS https://t.co/u0Anl6z0iq
Weekend Sprint: AI Command Center, Finance Dashboard, Slack Integration
It's been a busy weekend for my coding agents. 1) Implemented various improvements to my new AI Command Center (see https://lnkd.in/dXJKwGvz ). Amongst others, the research skill will now try to apply learnings from a few 1000 hours of subscribed...
February Revenue Hits $88.2K, Adding MRR Amid Plateau
I made $88,200 in February 2026 💜 Senja - $88,200 We added $1,380 net MRR Still at a revenue plateau, but working hard to increase activation rates and reduce churn rates. Also hiring a new engineer so we can ship some fundamental changes to...
Zoho's Unified AppOS Fuels ERP Resurgence and Customer Impact
Live from #ZohoDay2026! @Constellationr analysts discuss Zoho’s unification strategy, AppOS, the ERP resurgence, and real customer impact — plus what it all signals for the future of enterprise software. Watch the full roundtable: https://t.co/nji1ibP2Pi https://t.co/QfvPnUHLdD
Replit’s New Tools Will Redefine Vibe Coding
Amjad showed me Replit's latest stuff. They're about to redefine vibe coding in a way that will seem obvious in retrospect. A lot of the biggest ideas have that quality.
