Is Pre-Seed still a thing? Or have lines blurred with Seed? Doing research for Sunday’s episode. Will quote you for your insights.

Gaming and porn industries are known for being some of the earliest and largest adopters of AI. Not surprised that OpenAI is looking to carve out some of the market, but a little weirded out that the announcement was smuggled...
Is "brand" a dirty word in B2B Marketing? At IAA Global Brand Summit today, the first panel touched on the notion of brand, which is often thought of as a dirty word in B2B marketing, not something to invest in vs...

Agent-generated worlds? Yes, instead of using human data. AI has long depended on human data, but this supply is limited, biased, and legally contested. Agent-generated worlds offer an alternative, where AI learns inside simulated environments it creates and inhabits. These synthetic...

Awesome open source drop on @acquiredotcom. One codebase for building modern apps that feel native. > $72K TTM revenue > $70K TTM profit > Near zero overhead Full listing: https://t.co/4roZtQrct3 https://t.co/aCGM3Leu5v

AI website builders are like interns on caffeine. Fast, but forgetful. We tested 19 AI website builders. Generated 51 landing pages. Scored them across 60 UX, CRO, and SEO criteria. Most skipped basics like testimonials, pricing clarity, and brand identity. The best ones (Base44,...
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we...
Want to see my new keynote? It's all about how to use the human touch to out-perform your competition in the age of AI and automation. It might be my best work, ever. I'm doing the whole talk for you. No...
The market doesn’t care about your potential. It rewards proof. Every demo, every launch, every interaction is just a test of whether you can translate conviction into clarity. You either learn faster than the world changes or you get replaced...
💡 “Even the smartest VCs can be wrong — you need conviction.” Brett Carlson, CEO @ServiceUp, shares how market shifts after Facebook’s IPO taught him to trust his vision over investor noise. 🎥 Watch here: https://t.co/Oal69L1wsJ #SaaS https://t.co/DU8heVIQ6y
Resist the urge to see this as a gimmicky art game. See this as multi-modal coworking. Imagine coworking on business processes. Or hardware design. Or flowcharts. Or product manuals. Or powerpoints. Or dynamic visualizations during a meeting or offsite. . . . I built a free...

Massive infrastructure move: @OpenAI signs ~$300B deal with @Oracle for cloud compute over ~5 years (Project Stargate), starting 2027. That kind of scale reshapes how AI systems are built. 🔗 https://t.co/tiNoxHT02y #AI #IoT #OpenAI #Stargate https://t.co/NKj67ZsJq2

Am I wrong in sensing a paradigm shift in AI? Feels like we’re moving from a world obsessed with generalist LLM APIs to one where more and more companies are training, optimizing, and running their own models built on open source...
I'm really excited to be joining some incredible people in a session at the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Creative Effectiveness Day this Thursday in NYC. In the session, "The New B2B Playbook: How Creator-Led Advertising Builds Distinctive Brands," I'll be joining...
It's one thing to put a tool in people's hands. It's another to show them exactly how to use it to achieve the results they need. That's why I'm SO excited about the new Blueprints hub our team just launched! We're putting...

"We're excited to see this level of investment and focus placed on the safety, efficiency, and security of these industries. Digitizing the world's infrastructure unlocks real-world value, and Al is improving the resiliency of these operations," Sanjit Biswas, CEO @Samsara...
Spoke to a guy who works at 75,000 person agency yesterday. He thinks they’re toast. In fact, he thinks all the agency holding companies are in trouble. First, they’re too slow when it comes to AI adoption. He said it’s akin to...
Lesson 19 of 30 SaaS Growth System: How to Raise Venture Capital 滋 In this lesson, I dive into the world of venture capital, growth funding and the intricate process of securing investments for high-growth technology companies. I share insights on the...
You're working hard, but are you focused on what really matters? In this solo episode, I answer founder questions about: → Management buyouts vs traditional exits → Marketing that's not scaling → How to find product-market fit with a product already built → Where...
What does it mean to be a Navattic Fanatic? 論 論 論 I've been a huge fan of Navattic before interactive demos were even a big deal. (Now they are bc they're amazing at letting ppl test drive your product...
"The sooner you focus on that ICP, the more efficient you can be." -- Every Founder I work with after we do an ICP exercise and growth ensues. https://t.co/fGNWM6wYxM
Incentives matter. But great incentives can’t fix bad hiring. If 80% of your team are “shots in the dark,” no bonus program will save you. Hire people who’ve done it before and then give them a reason to win together. https://t.co/z6f3h08v6F

🤖 What makes RAG a game-changer for #AI? It fuses 🔹retrieval (fetching real data) with 🔹generation (creating responses). The result → context-aware, up-to-date, and reliable outputs. Applications: 💬 Chatbots 🔍 Search 📄 Document generation RAG = the bridge between data and intelligence. #RAG #LLM #AI #MachineLearning
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Most employees still don’t know how to protect against the new generation of security and data privacy risks that come with AI. Here are the top issues every enterprise should be preparing for right now — and some defense starters that...
This Week in SaaS | Oct 6 – 13, 2025 SaaS VC Rounds >$15M EvenUp (AI legal & insurance claims): $150M Series E, $2B+ valuation; fuels product scale & global expansion. DUOS (AI + digital health): $130M growth equity; expands platform across...

Wow. Google engineer @AntonioGulli just released a full 250-page book on AI Design for free. It walks through the entire stack with many practical examples: ML, deep learning, transformers, fine-tuning, AI agents, and vibe coding. Hands-on and 100% free. Link in 🧵↓ https://t.co/eikwoVzjv0
From Kaggle Grandmaster to Meta Engineer (w/ Andrey Lukyanenko) https://t.co/Z7ptCO9VH6
“We can’t tell if art is using AI anymore.” https://t.co/9JQGpHPJgb
What does this mean? @adcock_brett has put the bar high. My special needs son will have a humanoid. It will take care of what we do for him today. Food, laundry, dishes, shopping, and much more. Let him live on his own, even,...
It can do this with ~100,000 neurons (1m parameters max) https://t.co/iZ9JKvwe46
Just landed in rainy San Francisco! ✈️ After a smooth flight from London, I've picked up my Dreamforce badge and I'm ready for three days of what promises to be one of the most transformative tech events of the year. Here's what...
Artificial Intelligence Uncovers 5,000-Year-Old Civilizations Buried Beneath the World’s Largest and Harshest Desert https://t.co/hWXbGbjnty via @defencereview #AI #artificialintelligence #discovery @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @chboursin @3itcom @Fabriziobustama @sallyeaves @helene_wpli @ahier @rwang0 @EvanKirstel @RLDI_Lamy @Analytics_699 @Khulood_Almani...
What the heck is Poke and why does it have so many fans? Every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pacific @IrenaCronin and I grill an AI entrepreneur here on X audio spaces. Up tomorrow? @marvinvonhagen which makes the app, https://t.co/KPPr0atx18, that tells me...
3 big AI improvements to quality & quantity of design at @intercom, @Fin_ai 1. All designers ship code - fixing not filing bugs, improving product UX 2. Vibe coding the roadmap - see the future and accelerate design cycles 3. Owning the frontend...
You should fill out The 2025 State of SaaS Marketing Survey, hosted by @coreyhainesco. It’s short, just a few minutes, and will help you + other founders and marketers understand how you stack up against the rest of the industry. https://t.co/Z83nhGRe5L
How much power does AI actually use? "Generative AI systems like ChatGPT consume 10 to 30 times as much electricity as task-specific AI. AI image generation can use as much electricity as fully charging a phone. And each ChatGPT query...
I’ve got @MelanieCanva, CEO of Canva, coming on the podcast this week. She’s the most successful female tech founder in history. And one of the most successful founders in history, period. What would you love to learn from her?
Between Sora 2 and Claude Imagine, it’s clear we’re heading toward a world where anyone can learn anything (and I’d even argue we’re already there). The potential is enormous and so few are seizing it. Most people use AI to rewrite...
There are many good reasons to say “No” to a strong M&A offer. Many of our top leaders in tech had multiple M&A offers on the way at a small fraction of their current value. Ross Perot famously offered to buy...
Will OpenAI be the canary in the coal mine? AI Story of the Week: It's OpenAI's Bubble, and We're Just Living in It... For those of you who primarily know me for SaaS Metrics - there is something else that I have...
Thank you Jon Fortt and Morgan L Brennan for having me on Closing Bell Overtime today to speak about the momentum we are seeing at UiPath. As I shared, the growth of agentic AI is not hype and the customers taking...