Unity AI Gateway Unifies Data and Agent Governance
If you ask our customers what Databricks' biggest value is chances are that you hear 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠. In the last three years, we provided governance for Agents, MCP Servers, Tools/Skills and Unstructured data as part of our AI Gateway. Today we're launching 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲 which unifies our governance with Unity Catalog and makes governance of Data and Agents really seamless. Read about how this exactly works under the hood: https://lnkd.in/gvAc2deK
Roadmaps Feel Like Progress; Customers See Product Instability
Your roadmap feels like progress to you. To customers, it feels like the product won’t sit still. That gap is where adoption goes to die. Full post:
Claude’s $20 Plan Hits Limits on Simple Queries
$20/mo Claude plan: Me: "What should I have for dinner?" Claude: "Steak." (You have reached your weekly limit)
SaaS Narrative Ends; Tracing Thought Evolution Since 2017
The death of SaaS narrative -- my big 'viral' call on it was Sept, 2024 -- but what is soo cool about having all my content wired up into claude is tracing the lineage of the thinking back to 2017.
Salesforce Repositions as Runtime Layer for Agentic Enterprise
1/ @Salesforce just made one of its largest agentic moves yet at #TDX26. - Not a new AI feature. - Not another agent demo. A full repositioning of Salesforce as the runtime layer for the agentic enterprise. 🤖⚙️ And a lot is riding on...
OpenAI Highlights Amazon Partnership, Blames Microsoft for Restrictions
OpenAI touts Amazon alliance in memo, says Microsoft has 'limited our ability' to reach clients https://buff.ly/UKRgSK6
Your Calendar, Not Market, Limits Growth Beyond $30K MRR
You're bootstrapped and stuck at $30K MRR. It's not your market. It's not your pricing. It's your calendar. I see this often on coaching calls. A founder hits $10K, $20K, $30K MRR doing everything themselves. Building the product. Closing deals....
Track Gift‑With‑Purchase Attach Rates Like Ad CTR
Running a Gift with Purchase promo without tracking attach rate is like running ads without tracking CTR. So we added analytics to @promopartypro today. Now you can see attach rate by campaign, product, and variant, and tell which gift is...
Trigger Personalized Postcards Directly From Shopify Flow
"Shopify Flow + PostPilot: PostPilot now works natively inside Shopify Flow. Trigger postcards on any customer behavior." Example: "A postcard landing when a customer hits a VIP spend milestone..." I always read @drewsanocki's newsletter for these @getpostpilot updates. https://t.co/UxEsZHNOe4
Churn Remains Steady; Technical Accounts Stick Longer
Former VP at $FOUR on churn "I feel like their churn has stayed about the same. I don't think they're above or below average. When you factor in all of their accounts from SMB to enterprise, the more technical you get, the harder...
AI‑powered Ghost Automates Structured Data Behind the Scenes
Experimenting with some AI-assisted features in @Ghost for helping with generated structured data and site administration Kinda fun. Not sure what the UI should be. Don't really want to have to click a button, would be even better if it just...
Use Google Cloud Vertex AI for Fast Anthropic Models
If you're prioritizing latency and throughput for @AnthropicAI models (https://t.co/V3922AstdD), you probably choose @googlecloud Vertex AI. Here's a guide for setting up Claude Code with Anthropic models on Vertex: https://t.co/HpeF994xXd
Microsoft Offers Free 365, Game Pass with Student Laptops
Microsoft's response to the MacBook Neo is free Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions. A bunch of discounted Windows laptops are going live today for students, with free subscriptions. All the details 👇 https://t.co/rx59ceJBQr
Fin's New “Ask A Teammate” Automates Approval Workflow
"We need a someone to approve this" is a very common statement in Customer Support (e.g. a large refund, or info that needs verification). Fin now supports this with our (just shipped) "Ask A Teammate" feature. Fin will now go...
Enterprise Software Deals Now Driven by Rapid Customer Flux
"The deal" in enterprise software is fundamentally changing. One side of "the deal" has been written about a lot - the vendor side: * Recurring revenue => constantly re-evaluated * Finite direct competitors => everyone is a competetor * Gradually easier over time =>...
Claude Downtime Forces Users to Switch to Grok
So, @AnthropicAI how am I supposed to use @claudeai when the service is unavailable? Right in the midst of a critical project all of my work is lost. Having greater capabilities is useless if the service is down. I pay...
When Sneakers Turn Into AI GPU Service Providers
You know the world has gone cray cray when a shoe company is pivoting to an AI GPU as a service business. https://t.co/3fy14Wd8WE
Canva Teases Game‑Changing Create Feature Launch Tomorrow
Zach Kitschke CMO Canva with Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams co-founders kicking off with a preview of Canva Create's announcements tomorrow. Very interesting to see the disruption here. (Can't say anything till tomorrow) https://t.co/eLdvW8xiUm
Cloud Exit Slashes Hosting Costs by $3M Annually
In 2023, we spent $3,934,099 on AWS + other hosting. In 2026, our hosting + support bill is down to ~$1m/year due to the cloud exit. Even including all the hardware buying, we will already have saved ~$4m by the...
Documentation Alone Won’t Sustain Customer Education Success
NEW: Educated customers are better for business. But can documentation alone get the job done? It may seem faster/easier, but it can be very costly in the long run. How so? @digitalchalk's Ann Torry explains on our blog➡️ https://t.co/QHNpYbRuqw #CX #CustomerEducation #SaaS...
Claude AI Facing Widespread Outages for Users
JUST IN: Claude AI experiencing widespread issues right now and down for some users https://t.co/b0wotIT22v
Teachable: Is It Really As Easy As Advertised?
My first platform review is live on YouTube. I started out with Teachable because they have a reputation of being easy. I try to answer the question is easy enough? Watch the video for the full breakdown: https://youtu.be/wnt5LpGMek8
Your SEO Wins Vanish if AI Search Ignored
B2B CMO: "Our SEO is crushing it. We're ranking #1." Me: "That's great. But don't forget THIS:" Your buyers aren't starting on Google anymore. They're asking ChatGPT, researching in Perplexity and reading AI overviews before they even click. If you're...
AI Replaces Simple Features, Slowing Down Workflows
I hate AI when it's like this: Notion used to have a one-click way to turn text into a quote. They removed this and now I have... AI So instead of sub-500ms, it now takes 10+ seconds to turn selected text into...
Only 43% SaaS Startups Sustain Growth—Reset GTM.
New data: Growth endurance in software is down to only 43%. This is a wake-up call for SaaS 👀 - Fewer than 1-in-5 startups maintained or improved their growth rate from 2024 to 2025. - A startup growing between 25-49%...
Serial SaaS Founder Shares Secrets in Upcoming Book
My buddy Jason Cohen has built not one but two companies worth over a billion dollars (we met in Hampton). - First he founded SmartBear. Grew it, sold it. - Then he starts WP Engine, a managed WordPress hosting platform. - Bootstrapped the...
Shopify’s Full‑Stack Merchant Moat Fuels Double‑Digit Margins
Founder-led software names with strong economic moats to watch 👇 $SHOP | Forward P/S 10.46x Shopify is monetizing the full merchant stack. Not just storefronts. Payments, credit, cross-border, logistics. Merchant solutions now drive ~75% of revenue. Take rate expands with every transaction layer...
Perplexity‑Snap $400M Deal Collapse Highlights Unrealistic Valuation
The deal where Perplexity would pay Snap $400M to add their search to Snapchat is dead. This deal never made any sense as there was no way Perplexity could afford this deal and they get very little out of it. I...
Free AI Tokens Turn Non‑Paying Users Into Marketers
we spent $20K last month on AI tokens for users who will never convert, and it's the highest-ROI spend on our P&L. We call these users AI tourists. people who sign up out of curiosity, not necessity. they try the...
SAP SuccessFactors 2026 Release Bridges HR and Business
#SAP #SuccessFactors 1H 2026 Release: Strengthening Connection Across #HR and the Business https://t.co/JmLLrhPVDL by @Bianka24588074 > some really cool new features in this upcoming release. #EnSw #HRTech #HCM #AI
AI Pricing Shifts: Claude Downgraded, Subsidies Ending Fast
We are now in the first wave of AI’s enshitification cycle. Claude has gone from having a Ph. D in your pocket to a bumbling intern while flat fee billing for enterprise users will now become usage based. Everyone knew the...
Rippling AI Launch Sparks 78% YoY Revenue Surge
Rippling AI was the most successful launch we've ever done. On the heels of this launch, Rippling's revenue is now growing 78% YoY (at ARR over $1 Billion). And this growth rate has now increased, every quarter, for three straight...
Claude Now Unusable for Coding, Even on Pro
Claude has passed the threshold to being completely unusable for me for coding. Timeouts, infinite (seeming) stalls, forget it. Someone let me know when it comes back from wherever it went. (And this with a Pro plan)
Running SaaS in a Post‑Software, Agentic Era
.@TheCraigHewitt takes the stage to close out #MicroConf 2026 talking about how to run a SaaS in a post-software / agentic world. https://t.co/zzixtMeUsl
Simaril Delivers SOTA LLM Prompt Injection Defense for Enterprises
Simaril (YC Spring 2026) is SOTA prompt injection defense for LLMs. This is the missing link for OpenClaw for Enterprise and all agents working on mission-critical data and workflows. The cofounders were the team that stopped billions of dollars worth...
All Top AI Models, Fully Managed on Google Cloud
All the best models in one place. We just lit up @grok 4.20 and Grok 4.1 Fast as fully-managed APIs on @googlecloud. Pay as you go, no infrastructure to provision or manage. Party on. https://t.co/UsUQzqy8sv https://t.co/Zi4ooO3471
SaaS Overpriced? Building My Own Free Alternative
Running a SaaS right now is selling bottled water next to a free tap. If your SaaS costs more than Claude Code, looks like a Tailwind demo, and has a text-only output, I'm vibe coding a bespoke alternative for myself.
Iterate, Build Relationships, Review Calls: Win Big Deals
A founder in my community was < $10K MRR. Last month, he closed a $70K deal. 4 boring things got him there. When he shared this on our weekly group coaching call, the first question was "how did you do...
Retention, Not Acquisition, Is the Real Growth Engine
Everyone is chasing new users… but the real growth is hidden in the users you already have. Introducing @siriusai — an AI retention model built around trust, not friction. Instead of forcing conversions, it builds relationships that actually last. That’s how companies like Promova...
Turn Your Booking Form Into a Qualification Funnel
Founders: Your booking form is your first qualification filter: Ask on Calendly/Chili Piper: - Team size: 'How many support agents?' - Current state: 'Using AI automation?' - Prioritization: 'Actively looking / Exploring / Have solution' - Budget signal: 'Funding stage?' Don't fear friction. B2B buyers expect...
Claude's Value Justifies $200 Monthly Subscription
Welp, officially paying Claude $200/month. The tool's just far too valuable to not use constantly.
Native AI Empowers Infor with Heavy‑Industry Diagnosis, Automation, Optimization
MyPOV: what do the native AI solutions for @Infor look like? Heavy industry specific capabilities that diagnose, automate, and optimize #InforAnalystSummit https://t.co/x1axPxovSD
Steven's Juggernaut Attracts Perplexity, Vercel, Framer
use https://t.co/OARSgWle8i instead of partnerstack steven is building a juggernaut customers include Perplexity, Vercel, Polymarket, Framer, Whop... incredible stuff
Contracted ARR Definitions Vary Wildly Across Startup Pitches
A lot of "Contracted ARR" is being thrown at me in startup pitches these days. And it seems highly inconsistent in definition among founders...
Marketing Ops Now Build on AI Infrastructure, Not Apps
For most of the SaaS era, martech platforms won by shipping applications. That era is ending. The most sophisticated marketing ops leaders I've talked to recently don't live inside their MAPs anymore. They're building their own AI apps and agents...
Silent API Failures Kill Trust Before Users Notice
I'm seeing this daily with vibe-coded apps. The preview works. The deploy "succeeds." But: - API calls fail silently - Database connections go stale - Background jobs die without error messages - Users see white screens, you see "it works on my machine" By the time...
Price SaaS for Unpredictable Agent Counts, Not Limits
Take note, SaaS founders. People will run somewhere between 0 and a few dozen agents on your platforms. Per team. Per user. Per project. You won’t know. THEY won’t know. Pricing should facilitate this, not hinder it.
Create Pro Video Ads in 90 Minutes – 70% Off
Seedance 2.0 just went live on Higgs for everyone. You can take one product image, write a few prompts, and have UGC, production-level, and lifestyle video ads ready in about 90 minutes. You can get up to 70% off right now with...
Scaling AI Feature From One to 8000 Customers
Thrilled to see this one ship to everyone. It's one thing to hand roll an AI feature once for one customer. Rolling this out reliably to 8000 customers is a different type of challenge. Kudos to Pratik & Team...
AI's Real Role in SaaS: Less Hype, More Value
Next up at MicroConf: @robwalling on How to use AI in SaaS. This has been something of an undercurrent in a lot of conversations here. Lots of unease and anxiety about it, and IMHO a bit overblown w/r/t impact on SaaS...
