AI Founders Now Prioritize Real-World Use Cases over Models
Quick takeaways from yesterdays excellent CVAI conference: 1. So many inspiring entrepreneurs presented 2. Agentic pricing is still in the wild west 3. Same with agentic UX 4. Fascinating to see founders talking more about the underlying application use cases versus just the models themselves - big change from the past 5. Cool to hear Anthropic articulate opportunities by focusing on the areas where Anthropic is building platform capabilities (e.g., Anthropic for Life Sciences) 6. More understandable anxiety / palpable stress than in the past 7. @EricNewcomer puts on a great show
Benchmark Your Pitch Deck Against 4,000 Startups
Wondering how you stack up? Try the new SaaStr VC Pitch Deck Analyzer. We’ll share how you stack up against 4,000 other start-ups. And we’ll provide you honest and confidential feedback on how to do better. Try it here -> https://t.co/S5UFYzoN7a https://t.co/3M6fas5f2w
OpenBuilder: Free Open-Source App Builder with Unlimited Credits
OpenBuilder (@theopenbuilder) is the open source alternative to Lovable. Unlimited build credits and real developer support when you hit a wall. Built for non-technical builders to ship real apps. https://t.co/Wg51wSz5N9
Turn Existing Customers Into a Low‑Cost Growth Engine
CMOs are sleeping on customer marketing 💤 instead of growing your company WITH existing customers, you're treating customers primarily as an advocacy channel (e.g. case studies, references) 🛑 customer marketing is too narrowly defined. limiting customer marketing to advocacy misses...
EBooks Lose Spark: Emily Kramer’s 2025 B2B Channel Forecast
B2B marketing whisperer Emily Kramer from the beloved MKT1 newsletter dishes on which channels are hot or not in 2025. You might be surprised about eBooks. Do you agree? Chime in below. --- If you <3 this clip, you'll love...
Join Us Live with Harry Stebbings at SaaStr AI London
We’re BACK and it’s GOOD TIMES folks!! And come see Harry Stebbings + me LIVE in London Dec 1-2 at SaaStr AI LDN!
AI Masks True Talent, Turning Hiring Into Stagecraft
Hiring used to break because companies moved too slowly. Now it breaks because candidates move too fast. AI gave every applicant the ability to look qualified before they have proved anything. Resumes are AI-polished. Writing samples are AI-written. Coding tests...
Will AI Agent Apps Match 80% SaaS Margins?
25 years ago, @Benioff set a terrific precedent for the SaaS industry w their 80% gross margins. I wonder where that will settle out at for the ai native agent/app companies. Guesses?
Ideal VC Board Member: Five Essential Traits
If I had my pick of VC’s in my next round, I’d look for a “5 tool board member:” 1. Works at a top tier firm 2. Is a GP 3. Has relevant domain expertise 4. Has been an operator 5. Not an a-hole...
Customer‑owned AI Agents Poised to Disrupt Marketing
Putting the final touches on our big "Martech for 2026" report — over 100 pages of lovingly, human-written explanation of what's actually happening with #AI and #martech headed into the next 6-12 months. Of course, there's a lot about agents....
Monetize N8n Workflows with Lovable’s Simple UI
There is an incredible business opportunity using n8n & Lovable - and I don't hear anyone talk about it! n8n is getting serious traction. And because of this, YouTube and LinkedIn are now FILLED with people sharing really amazing workflows. What is a...
Monetize N8n Workflows with Lovable’s Simple UI
There is an incredible business opportunity using n8n & Lovable - and I don't hear anyone talk about it! n8n is getting serious traction. And because of this, YouTube and Twitter are now FILLED with people sharing really amazing workflows. What is a...
Tighten Feedback Loops, Not Features, to Unlock Growth
Most companies try to grow by adding more things. The real unlock usually comes from tightening the loop that already exists. When the feedback gets sharp enough, even old products feel new again.
Grant Lee's Unconventional, Actionable Startup Advice
Epic startup advice from @thisisgrantlee of @GammaApp - super practical and non-consensus
180 AI Design Prompts Tested: What Actually Works
We ran 180 AI web design prompts through the top builders to see what actually ships and what falls apart. https://t.co/U0PVzCAy0C
Sim's Visual Agent Builder Powers the New AI Era
Sim (@simdotai) is building the visual, end-to-end agent builder — a platform where developers can design, test, and deploy real AI agents that work in production. Founded earlier this year, Sim grew from a small San Francisco apartment to a community...
AI Workforce Supports Seniors' Home Care and Monitoring
Kaigo Health (@kaigohealth) is building an AI care workforce that looks after Grandma and Grandpa— helping healthcare providers keep patients healthy at home by automating the follow-ups, check-ins, and monitoring that often fall through the cracks. https://t.co/nLD8Eq35CW
AI IDE Gives Front‑End Agents Full Browser Context
Inspector (@tryinspector) is an AI IDE for front-end that connects browser and codebase. It lets you select elements visually and prompt changes, giving coding agents access to the same runtime context developers have: visuals, elements, and logs. https://t.co/QnTISmnc24
CEO‑CTO Alignment Is the Hidden Key to Billion‑dollar Growth
My biggest heartbreak ever as a founder: if my CTO and I could have gotten along better. Because we'd both be billionaires, running a great public company together. I tried. I know so much more today than I did then....
Five CEOs Master Vision, Code, Taste, Sales, Recruiting
What do @btaylor (Sierra), @matistanis (11Labs), @kareem (Clay), @parkerconrad (Rippling), @GabeStengel (Rogo), & @daraladje (Delphi) all have in common? They are 5 tool CEO's: (1) Vision, (2) Code, Taste (3), Sell (4), & Recruit (5). Learn more on this...
Speak Hits $100M ARR, Drives 5‑10× practiceSpeak Hits $100M ARR
With 15M downloads and 500+ enterprise clients, @Speak has passed $100M in annualized revenue. Users practice speaking 5-10x more on Speak than on other language apps, through AI-powered roleplays & real-world scenarios. https://t.co/j8PQ8Hmxdb
Digital Co‑Workers Slash Billions of Labor Hours in 3PLs
Prox (@try_prox) builds digital co-workers for 3PLs and fulfillment centers - companies that store, pack, and ship for brands. They automate the back-office operations layer that burns billions of labor hours across the industry. https://t.co/RDHVJfPXpV
Lead Magnets Drive Speed, Not Value—Fuel Founder Success
Lead magnets aren’t about value. They’re about velocity. Founders that use these effectively, win.
HEY Adds Dedicated Previously Seen Page with Shortcut
New in HEY: Now you can jump to a dedicated page with all your Previously Seen emails. These are emails you've clicked on, read, or sent that aren't marked unread. Previously Seen remains as a dedicated section at the bottom of...
Enterprise Deals Now Sealed via Text, Not Email
"Every single enterprise deal I have done is closed through text. It's not on email anymore. It's relationships." Full chat with Jen Abel : https://lnkd.in/g3WrxpEE
LogosGuard Launches AI Risk Management Platform for Enterprises
LogosGuard (@logos_guard) is building the risk management software for enterprises adopting AI. Stress-test your AI products, continuously monitor compliance with your controls, and gain the confidence to deploy AI responsibly. Congrats on the launch, @abelpjohn & @sukrut_oak! https://t.co/R5ubFkgSGn
AI Writes and Sends On‑brand Emails Across Your Tools
Proxis (@proxis_ai) writes and sends emails in your voice. It connects to your inbox + CRM + Notion + Drive + Slack so replies are accurate, on-brand, and auto-sent when confident. Congrats on the launch, @liam_a_collins! https://t.co/7cRpUrXgic https://t.co/9UgGreMPgq
AI Ad Agency Generates $620K Profit, 35% Growth
I love seeing agencies print profits. Live on @acquiredotcom: AI-powered performance ad agency helping brands grow with media buying, creative, and funnel optimization. > $1.7M TTM revenue > $620K TTM profit > 35% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/WAfvxsRcZs https://t.co/9BpLwk8kmq
Zero‑Trust Access for Humans and AI via Shareable Links
Multifactor (@MultifactorCOM) is building the future of zero-trust authentication, authorization, and auditing for AI agents. Their platform lets users securely and revocably share any online account with humans and AI agents alike, just by sending a link. https://t.co/V313zcyCFo
AI Mirrors Your Thought Clarity, Not Randomness
When you work with AI, the output is never random. It’s a mirror held up to how clearly you think. Every response is a reflection of your own edges and blind spots. The model doesn’t create ideas. It digs through your...
Hightouch: Rapid Evolution From Analytics to Vertical AI
Which AI company has evolved their product most rapidly? Hightouch is the clear winner in my mind. When I invested in 2021, they were building *Operational Analytics.* A few months later, they broadened to *Reverse ETL* to meet customer demand...
Agentforce Recovered 1,000 Missed Leads via Salesforce
"We found there were 1,000 (!) leads our human sales team never followed up with. So this was our best, first use case for Agentforce @salesforce. Because Agentforce knows everything our Salesforce instance does."
From Syrian Kid to $253M ARR: Replit’s Meteoric Rise
Replit went from $2M ARR to $253M in just 2 years. And it all started with a Syrian kid who couldn’t afford a laptop. Their insane growth story👇
AI-Powered Browser IDE Catapulted Replit to $253M ARR
Replit went from $2M ARR to $253M in just 2 years. And it all started with a Syrian kid who couldn’t afford a laptop. Their insane growth story👇 When Amjad Masad founded Replit in 2016, the idea was simple: Code...
Relixir Secures $
Congrats to @joinrelixir on their $2M seed! Relixir is an inbound engine for AI search, helping brands drive ChatGPT traffic into inbound pipelines that are 5x more likely to convert. It's already used by 200+ B2B companies and has delivered $10M+...
Structured Prompts Unlock AI’s Web Design Potential
We ran 180 AI web design prompts to see what actually works. Everyone says these tools can design full websites in minutes. I wanted to see if that was true. Across Base 44, Bolt, Figma Make, and Lovable, we tested every...
Excessive Mixpanel Logging Triggers $800 Unexpected Bill
I vibe coded an app. As part of it, I had it hook into Mixpanel. Now I got a bill from @mixpanel for ~$800 because the vibe coded app was logging to Mixpanel too many times and in the wrong...
AI Business Requires Rethinking SaaS Profit Metrics
Is this true? SaaS math vs. AI math. Let's put pencil to paper and compare SaaS economics vs. AI economics. Next week's newsletter will feature a new blog post on "SaaS vs. AI Math - Hype vs. Reality." And the...
Mid‑market Is a Myth: Choose SMB or Enterprise
Jen Abel on why the mid-market doesn't exist: "What is mid-market. It's either low-end enterprise or upper-end SMB. And if you bleed those two games, you're gonna lose. They're so distinctly different. Many people can get lost because selling to...
Avoid Common SaaS Gross Margin Miscalculations Before Funding
A SaaS company's gross margin is a key point of discussion in any M&A or capital raise transaction. As such, any SaaS founder looking to engage with potential buyers should ensure that they've properly classified costs related to the calculation...
UiPath MVP Program Expands to AI, Orchestration, LLMs
The UiPath Community has always been at the heart of everything we do. From the early days of UiPath to where we are now, some of the best ideas have come from the engineers, developers, and automation experts who explore...
Manage and Sell Multiple Startups From One Account
Now live on @acquiredotcom! You can now manage multiple and sell multiple startups from one account. Just click "manage startups" and then the "+" sign to create a new listing. Check it out and share any feedback! https://t.co/eWLANLahNZ
Companies Shift Gravity: From Employees to Customers, Acquisition to Delight
I think all companies have two centers of gravity 1. Focused on investors, customers, or employees 2. Focused on acquiring or delighting customers HubSpot moved (1) from employees to customers over time. We moved (2) from acquiring to delighting over...
Get Personalized PLG Advice at Scale via SuperMe
You can get PLG advice from me anytime now…WITHOUT spending thousands of dollars on consulting fee or waiting to find a virtual coffee spot on my calendar. People want to learn from practitioners - the ones actually doing the work....
AI SDRs Deliver 6.7% Response, 10% Ticket Sales
How are our AI SDRs really working at SaaStr? Join us LIVE on AI Workshop Wednesday TODAY at 10am PST to find out!! - 19,000 messages sent - 6.67% response rate - 4% positive response rate - sold 10% of tickets to SaaStr AI London...
Use ChatGPT to Rapidly Build Niche ABM Lists
How to Use ChatGPT to Build ABM Account Lists for Niche ICPs If you’re in B2B marketing, you already know Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is the game. But building a quality account list for a niche ICP — that specific customer...
Customer Insights Are the Hidden Lever for Sales Growth
customer insights are sales insights, it's not just a marketing thing 👀 what do I mean? when you really listen to your buyers, you uncover: 1. why deals stall (sales bottlenecks) 2. what language actually converts (sales messaging) 3. clear...
