Early ICP Focus Drives Faster, More Efficient Growth
"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
Hire Proven Talent First; Incentives Can't Fix Bad Hires
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
RAG Merges Retrieval and Generation for Smarter AI
🤖 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
Connecting with Product‑led Founders at SaaStock Dublin
We're live from SaaStock Dublin 🇮🇪 If you're a product-led founder here, let's connect!
Enterprises Must Bridge AI Security Knowledge Gap Now
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...
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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...
Google Engineer Releases Free 250‑Page AI Design Handbook
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
From Kaggle Grandmaster to Meta Engineer (w/ Andrey Lukyanenko) https://t.co/Z7ptCO9VH6
AI's Influence Blurs Line Between Human and Machine Art
“We can’t tell if art is using AI anymore.” https://t.co/9JQGpHPJgb
Humanoid Robots Will Soon Empower Special Needs Independence
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,...
Achieves Task Using Just 100k Neurons, 1M Parameters
It can do this with ~100,000 neurons (1m parameters max) https://t.co/iZ9JKvwe46
AI Agents Redefine Enterprise at Dreamforce 2024
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....
AI Reveals 5,000-Year-Old Civilization Beneath Harsh Desert
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...
Focused AI Founder Interviews on X Spaces Spotlight Poke
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...
Designers Coding Their Own UI Speeds Product Cycles
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...
Benchmark Your SaaS Marketing with 2025 Survey
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
Generative AI Consumes Tenfold More Power than Searches
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...
Interview with Canva's Most
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?
AI Is Unlocking Rapid Personal Reinvention for Anyone
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...
Strong M&A Offers in Frothy Markets Rarely Improve Later
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...
OpenAI's Bubble Burst Could Cripple the Entire AI Economy
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...
UiPath Drives Real Results with Open Agentic AI Partnerships
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...
Re‑imagining the SDLC for a Post‑AI World
Tomorrow in New York I'll be speaking at Canvas( Miro 's massive customer event) on AI Transformation and how to re-imagine your SDLC (software development lifecycle) for a post-AI World. (example slide included) Yes it will be recorded & live...
AI Lives in Massive Data Centers, Not Just the Cloud
We got to tour a cutting-edge data center. Here's what we learned. "Every AI response you see is powered by a hidden backbone — billions of dollars of massive warehouses cooled by air, sometimes water, with enough electricity to run...
AI's Gravity: Balancing Optimism with Necessary Fear
Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear - an essay where I grapple with how I feel about the continued steady march towards powerful AI systems. The world will bend around AI akin to how a black hole pulls and bends everything...
Let AI Automate Tasks, Save Hours of Writing
You should be a bit more lazy. Stop doing things you can automate. Let AI help with that... Here's how you can create and give tasks to your team that go in-depth and cover all the bases without requiring 3...
Title Your Startup Manifesto to Fuel Growth
Every Founder must write a Manifesto. Writing one is one of the most effective way to generate attention and pipeline. But here's the thing... You can't call it a Manifesto. You have to give it a meaningful title. On this...
Aim for ROSE $1.50+ to Scale SaaS Efficiently
Want a PE exit or a durable SaaS business? Track this metric. 💡 ROSE = Return on SaaS Employees It shows how efficiently your team drives recurring revenue. Hit $1.50+ and you’re scaling smart. 🎥 https://t.co/VPN9Qc0set #SaaSMetrics #SaaSFinance https://t.co/91Z4lKzqGJ
Neural‑Band‑Free Interaction Boosts Gaming, Learning, AI
neural band, without the neural band this mode of interaction + genie3/veo3/odyssey will be incredible for gameplay, learning, embodied ai training and entertainment https://t.co/nNtV8xLKS7
Master AI in 2025: From Basics to Career
🚀 Master AI in 2025 Dal codice alla carriera 👇 📘 Build strong foundations 📗 Master ML & Deep Learning 📙 Learn LLMs & MLOps ⚙️ Deploy real AI projects 💼 Transition to AI careers L’AI non è più un’opzione — è una competenza chiave. Qual è il...
Close Deals via DMs, Skip Endless Zoom Calls
It’s wild how people still spend hours on Zoom trying to close deals… Half won’t ever buy. The other half ghost you. When I started closing deals in DMs, everything changed. Zero sales calls, but my company keeps growing. How? Comment "SALES" for my Sell...
AI Analyzer Instantly Scores Your Pitch Deck's Funding Odds
Don't go into fundraising ... in the dark Try the NEW SaaStr AI Pitch Deck Analyzer Find out in seconds: - Where you stand - Odds of getting funded - Where to improve your deck ...
23 Years, Two Wins, Two Failures, Five Key Lessons
23 years of building companies. 2 big wins. 2 big failures. 5 lessons I wish I had known earlier 👇
Success Fails Without Inner Healing and Evolving Identity
23 years of building companies. 2 big wins. 2 big failures. 5 lessons I wish I had known earlier 👇 1️⃣ External wins won’t fix internal wounds You can exit a company, buy a house, and still feel empty. External...
Real Talent Exposes Normalized Mediocrity, Redefines Hiring
Hiring is easy when you’re desperate. It’s only hard when you know what good actually looks like. The moment you taste real talent, you start to see how much mediocrity you’ve normalized. That realization changes how you build forever.
Create Voice‑Driven AI Agents Instantly, No Code Required
You can build AI agents with your voice, today. No code, minimal setup, natural language all the way from idea to working agent. Tools like Lindy make agent building feel easy and fast compared to more complext set ups like n8n 🎥...
AI Is Redefining Buyer Behavior—GTM Must Evolve
Congrats to the Topline team on their launch of Topline Media! AI is reshaping buyer behavior. GTM needs to keep up. I’ll be sharing a few perspectives in an upcoming post, but also looking forward to learning from others in...
Altman: Early Sora Release Prepares Society for Deepfakes
I asked Sam Altman if he's worried about watermark removers on Sora. Everyone's seen the unfiltered Jake Paul videos with no watermark (generated by Sora) going viral on socials... So what's the pull for creators to enable face cameos with that risk? Sam's...
Dbt Labs and Fivetran Merge, Creating $600M ARR Powerhouse
Huge congrats to the @dbt_labs and @fivetran teams on their merger! Cant wait to see what they accomplish together The combined company will have ~$600m ARR and north of 10k customers https://t.co/6mGdI01dap
Algorithms Now Compose Music for Spotify's Playlists
Spotify made music for algorithms. Now algorithms make music for Spotify. https://t.co/KogbvVIwo4
Run Your Own ChatGPT Clone in Just Four Hours
Excited to release new repo: nanochat! (it's among the most unhinged I've written). Unlike my earlier similar repo nanoGPT which only covered pretraining, nanochat is a minimal, from scratch, full-stack training/inference pipeline of a simple ChatGPT clone in a single, dependency-minimal codebase....
Your Success Can Stagnate Sales—Keep Rewriting Playbooks
The biggest threat to your sales strategy isn’t the competition, it’s your own success. When something works, we cling to it. We systematize it. We build playbooks around it. And over time, we slip into our comfort zone with it....
Top Sales Reps Do the Heavy Lifting for Prospects
A great sales rep does most of the work for the prospect: Does the scheduling Does the demos Solves the problem Helps sell other stakeholders Follows up Simplifies deployment Yes, this is a lot more work than sending a Calendly link the next day, I do admit