SaaStr AI App of the Week: Higgsfield — The Video AI Platform That’s Crushing It Where Everyone Else Is Still...
Higgsfield, a mobile‑first AI video and image platform, is gaining rapid traction with a “click‑to‑video” UX that eliminates prompting and produces cinematic short clips via curated presets. The startup has attracted over 11 million users and 1.2 billion social impressions in five months, raised a $50 million Series A led by GFT Ventures (total funding $58.2M), and counts celebrities and major brands among users. By aggregating best‑in‑class models, shipping fast mobile apps, and planning enterprise features, Higgsfield is positioning itself as the distribution and workflow layer for short‑form video creation, threatening desktop‑first rivals and opening a clear PLG‑to‑enterprise monetization path.
Embodied AI Learns From Human Experiences, Not Just Data
In a few hours @IllusionOfLife is having a Holloween party in San Francisco. Mostly for kids. I'm not going. I made a bunch of videos of @okpasquale and his cofounder Kevin Fischer last week and editing them is taking longer...
AI Drives Structural Transformation in Transportation and Mobility
🚀 Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the future of transportation — from predictive maintenance and smart mobility, to logistics, infrastructure, and customer experience. In my latest article, I explore how AI is becoming a strategic lever for CEOs and entrepreneurs, helping organizations...
5 Tips For Pitching VCs for The Very First TIme
Veteran founder Jason Lemkin offers practical advice for first‑time founders pitching VCs: rehearse with experienced founders, craft a compelling opener that highlights your top growth metrics, be candid about weaknesses without leading with them, and deliver a strong product demo....
Software Awakens: Real‑time Learning Revives Innovation
Software is waking up again. Ten years ago, apps were the frontier. Screens were canvases. Curiosity was the culture. Then the App Store froze. The same grids, the same playbooks and the same incentives repeated endlessly. We optimized everything except imagination. For a while,...
“This Is Where We Start to Move Beyond the Hype Cycle” - Slack Tells Us Why It Can Be the...
At Dreamforce 2025 Slack pitched an upgraded Slackbot and an agents-first vision that positions Slack as the workplace operating system and front end for Salesforce’s Agentforce/CRM stack. The company says Slackbot’s contextual awareness—pulling team and channel data—lets agents live alongside...
No‑Code Platforms Turn Weeks‑Long CRUD Projects Into Minutes
Yes, ‘prosumer’ vibe coding apps like @Replit are best at CRUD and CRUD+AI apps today. But that also means if you have some experience building CRUD apps … that you can just fly when you ‘vibe’ your next one. All the stuff...
Free AI Summit Shows How to Reclaim 15 Hours Weekly
I’ll be joining @TonyRobbins, @deangraziosi, and seven AI experts for what could be the biggest AI event of 2025. Wanna come? ➡️ The AI Advantage Summit is on November 6-8 It’s 100% free and 100% remote and 99% fun (okay, fine 100%). This event...
AI Book Crosses Language Barrier with Korean Translation
My book Building LLMs for Production just got translated into Korean. …and I can’t even read it to proof it. 😅 Still, it feels incredible. A Korean publisher reached out last year asking to translate the book, and now it’s available in Korean...
🧠 Community Wisdom: Diagnosing Early-Stage Churn, Automating Cross-Department Release Comms, Paying for UserTesting.com, Integrating Prototypes Into Your Product Development Process,...
The Community Wisdom newsletter roundup highlights practical product and growth tactics from a members-only Slack community, including diagnosing early-stage churn, automating cross-department release communications, budgeting for UserTesting.com, and integrating prototypes into development workflows. Contributors shared actionable diagnostics and process templates...
Lean Execution Drives 24% Revenue Growth and Profitability
2025 has been a big year for us at @acquiredotcom. We have grown revenue, reduced expenses and finally became profitable. > $6.1 million in revenue, up 24%. > $4.5 million in expenses, down 26%. > Operating profit, up 50.2%. > Total profit, $1.6 million. Absolutely...
Web2’s Viral Loop Mastery Disappeared with Its Billionaires
BRAINDUMP ON VIRAL LOOPS #1 The golden age of Web 2.0 (~2005-2010) was a special time for viral products, which were systematically engineered to reach millions of people. Back then, people were building the first versions of things we take for...
OpenAI Reportedly Developing New Generative Music Tool
OpenAI is reportedly developing a new generative music tool that can create music from text and audio prompts, potentially adding accompaniment to vocals or scoring videos. Sources say the company is using annotated scores — reportedly working with Juilliard students...
AI Reshapes Search, Forces Ad Revenue Reinvention
FROM THE LIVE SHOW: If AI gives users the answer at the top, no more scrolling through 10 blue links, Google’s math changes fast. “From a monetization standpoint, one unit of revenue now needs to replace the ten they used to...
Built a CRUD App in 5 Days, Now Earning Revenue
I vibe coded a simple CRUD app that is now generating a little bit of revenues using @lovable_dev. It took me about 5 days to build. Here's what it does, and how it came together...
Chrome for iOS and Android Just Got a Quick AI Mode Shortcut
Google has added a prominent “AI Mode” shortcut to Chrome’s new‑tab page on iOS and Android, putting Gemini‑powered search one tap below the search bar alongside an incognito button. The change removes the need to remember a URL or bookmark...
Brands Must Tailor Content for Humans and AI
FROM THE LIVE SHOW: As AI takes over more of our searching, reading, and shopping online, brands face a new question: Who are they really creating content for... humans or machines? Alex Sherman, CEO B@Bluefish_AI, says we’ve been here before: “Remember when brands...
AI Startups Should Target $6T Knowledge‑worker Market
If you’re looking to build an AI business in 2025… Here’s something you need to know. Everyone’s been chasing the $300Bn SaaS industry. But that’s not the real prize. The real prize, the real disruption for new AI businesses? It's the $6Trillion knowledge worker Industry.
AI‑Powered Sales Teams Generate $60M Pipeline Fast
What if your sales team could have 50,000 intelligent conversations at once? @Salesforce did this and generated $60M in pipeline in 3 months. I spoke with their CMO Ariel Kelman at Dreamforce about the Agentic Revolution Full conversation: https://t.co/qhZjcHAHAN #Marketing #Agentforce #Dreamforce #SalesforcePartner
Blend Many Influences, Don’t Copy—Create Truly Original Art
copying another artists style will only dilute you and elevate them. it’s cheap now mixing with 500 other styles you love to result in something completely new, that’s taste, & that’s the good stuff so sayeth the ai artist who knows all...
Founders Ignore Market Timing; Invest Every Year
Great founders don’t time the market Great founders often don’t even check the markets at all They just start up when they see white space, and are ready to go So … Every year is a good year to invest
LLMs Forget Context: Understanding the Memory Problem
The Memory Problem: Why #LLMs Sometimes Forget Your Conversation? https://t.co/xK4el2s1Fh #LLM4Code #genai @CurieuxExplorer @Eli_Krumova @enilev @ingliguori
Bureaucracy
Big agencies are struggling to move fast with AI. Bureaucracy slows real innovation. Startups will outpace them, it's about speed and nimbleness, not just size. Adapt or get left behind. https://t.co/2RsMFEbeg7
Expect Two New Babies Next Year—Wife’s Heroic Journey
Looks like we're going to welcome two more Hugging Faces to the family next year. My wife is a hero! 💛💛💛@ReginaSil2 https://t.co/wRBqXeQHUI
1:1 3
You can capture reality with remarkable fidelity - here’s a 1:1 3d gaussian splat perfectly aligned with reality. Once Meta layers in a scalable version of their codec avatar tech - this stuff is about to get trippy. Literally transcending time...
7‑Second Deployments with Kamal’s Local Registry
Deploying a change with Kamal using the new local registry against my homelab server is now down to 7 seconds. Getting close to those FTP-drag-to-production days 😄🤘 https://t.co/Okdt1fWiHv
Hand Dexterity Limits Humanoid Robot Advancement
The ‘Hands Problem’ Holding Back the #Humanoid Revolution! https://t.co/2lNrn44Nww #humanoidrobotics #AI @enilev @HaroldSinnott @ipfconline1 @JagersbergKnut
Experts Warn AI and Robot Futures Arrive Later than Hype
When is the future arriving? This post says that the ML researchers are far more bearish than most who talk on X. Same is true about generalized humanoid robots. Most tell me somewhere around seven years. Even in China. Tesla...
Prioritize Conversions Over Metrics, Stop Over‑Tracking
You don’t need to track everything to drive real results. Mary Keough : This mindset shift changed how I think about marketing success. - I used to obsess over every click, open, and scroll. - Retargeting felt like magic—no one...
Win First Customers by Targeting Event Influencers
In 9 years, Alina Vandenberghe grew Chili Piper to over $30m ARR. Here’s her 5-step “IRL Influencer” sales playbook for finding your startups first customers (and why it still works for them today): 1. Go to EVERY industry event Alina’s...
Due Diligence Essential for Unverified AI Speed Claims
If he is right this would bring America back to the top in AI. In a big way. The problem is I can't judge whether he is right. So I'm presenting this as an example of how I judge people who...
Wabi Revives Playful Discovery in Modern Software
Every few years, something quietly rewrites the rules of how we interact with technology. You don’t always see it when it starts. It begins as something playful. Something that feels small, even strange. But it carries an energy you can’t quite...
Smart Sustainable Growth Wins Over Doing More
From London to DC, Belgium to SF, and now Miami — week five on the road reminded me how powerful it is when growth leaders come together to reimagine what’s next. The Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) Summit for Revenue and...
From AI Hype to Measurable Business Outcomes
🚀 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 At 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝘄𝗲𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, themed “All Intelligence”, I had the privilege to follow the keynote delivered by Mr. Leo Chen, Senior Vice President and President of Enterprise Sales at Huawei. This was not just...
Curiosity Fuels the Next Generation Operating System
The next operating system grows from curiosity. What feels like a toy today becomes the foundation of tomorrow. Wabi feels light, even whimsical, but that is how big shifts always begin. The first computers were for hobbyists. The first social...
Just-in-Time AI Ads Will Predict Your Scroll
Just-in-time AI advertising is near. Here are the early signs. Even if these massive data center build outs don’t amount to AGI - you best believe personalized ads will be generated for you just a few videos before you scroll...
Polarity Safeguards Code, Boosts Teamwork in AI Era
Developers: Meet @polarityco which catches bugs and makes your agentic systems better. But deeper, makes your code work in enterprise systems and makes it better for working with a team. Keeps people from getting fired for using AIs to code. And,...
SaaS Greed: Price Hikes Threaten Customer Loyalty
We had an app we’d been reference customers for — for years. Our case study was on their website, we got them several of the largest customers in B2B via our direct recommendation. Then last year they told...
AI Success Depends on Data, UX, and Top Talent
My biggest takeaway from Chip Huyen : 1. Most AI product problems aren’t AI problems. When companies think they have an AI performance issue, it’s usually a user experience problem, an organizational communication gap, or a data quality issue. One...
Combine Attention Types for Viral Video Magic
Can you name the 4 types of attention? If you use videos and storytelling in your marketing, they are how you stop the scroll. “Combining two or more types of attention is “when the magic happens,” and the video is...
Prioritize Real Human Experiences Over Artificial AI Screens
One of the biggest CEOs in the world just shared the importance of human-centered experiences in the AI age. The CEO of Airbnb Brian Chesky said at Masters of Scale: “The other thing I’ll say about AI is the term...
Adjust LTV for Multi-Year Deals Using Renewal Rate
Is LTV Flawed with Multi-year Contracts? Let's find out in today's edition of SaaS Metrics School... This was a great reader question. Should we adjust our LTV calculation when we offer multi-year contracts? Yes and no. We know that multi-year...
Growth Stalls Aren’t About Pipeline; Four Deeper Issues
Why your pipeline isn’t the problem to your slow growth. 4 deeper issues sabotaging your growth.
Thanking Jupyter's Founders for AI Notebook Revolution
Hanging out with Project Jupyter co-founder @ellisonbg. If not for him and @fperez_org we wouldn’t have the coding notebooks we use daily in AI and Data Science. Very grateful to him and the whole Jupyter team for this wonderful...
Speed Wins Nothing without a Persuasive Point of View
AI tools can crank out X content in seconds…. But words without a worldview don’t make people buy. Speed < POV
From Zero to Twenty AI Agents in One Year
A year ago we had zero AI agents. Zero AI, really. Today, we have 20 AI Agents running SaaStr. And have replaced 12 humans. It's not all better. But it's the future, today. More here -> https://t.co/yEaD8WhJJg
TikTok's B2B Playbook: Turning Culture Into Conversions
From culture to conversion: inside TikTok’s #B2B marketing playbook https://t.co/4Wy3uoupoA
Manual Curriculum Yields First Walking Gait in KScale KBot
Finally getting a semblance of a gait for the kscale kbot in mjlab sim! Ended up essentially manually managing a curriculum of first balance, then forward vector walking. https://t.co/UTuZUSF4dz
Non‑brand Search Traffic Surges, Organic Visits Jump 28%
And yet...I keep writing client reports like this: "Organic search visits jumped 28% from August (+31% for engaged visits)...Non-brand search visits more than doubled (+117%) from August and were up 299% from a year ago. Branded search visits increased 10% from...
Build Friendships with Competitor CEOs for Founder Success
I always tried to keep a good relationship with the CEOs of HubSpot’s competitors, like Salesforce, Zendesk, Marketo, Eloqua, Mailchimp, etc. It served us well. I recommend founders do the same.
