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Last month, I attended The Bologna Gathering, a curated event bringing 300 selected innovation leaders to Italy. Bologna is a city in Northern Italy and the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region. The ...
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Dear SaaStr: What Are Your Top Tips For Hiring Our First Few Sales Reps?
Dear SaaStr: What Are Your Top Tips For Hiring Our First Few Sales Reps? When youβre hiring your first sales reps, itβs all about getting the foundation right. These early hires are critical because theyβll shape your sales culture and process. Hereβs how Iβd approach it: 1. Hire Two Reps, Not One This is non-negotiable.... Continue Reading
September 2025's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about
In September 2025, Europeantech companies raised 8.4 billion, up 163 per cent from Augustβs 3.2 billionand roughly double September 2024βs 4.2 billion. Deal activity also increased,with 367 transac...
Pikachu instrumental in OpenAI copyright U-turn on Sora app?
As early reviews of the new Sora video generator app cited numerous uses of copyrighted figures, OpenAI has already rowed back on its copyright stance. Read more: Pikachu instrumental in OpenAI copyright U-turn on Sora app?
French private equity firm Ardian to acquire Energia
Ardian will purchase Energia Group from I Squared Capital, which acquired the company in 2016 for 1bn. Read more: French private equity firm Ardian to acquire Energia
European tech weekly recap: β¬1.5B in deals and September's highlights
Last week, wetracked more than 90 tech funding deals worth over 1.5 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.Haberin devamını okumak için tıklayı...
Convert & Compress
Clean and performant Image processing tool Discussion | Link
From Silicon Valley to Nairobi: What the Global Southβs AI leapfrogging teaches tech leaders
When I write about the cognitive migration now underway, brought about by the rapid advance of gen AI, I do so from the perspective of someone who has spent four decades in the technology industry. My own journey runs from coding business applications in Fortran and COBOL to systems analysis and design, IT project management, enterprise systems consulting, computing hardware sales and technology industry...
Stopping breaches at machine speed demands agents, not alerts
Presented by DXC TechnologyThe sheer volume and sophistication of incoming threats today has dwarfed attacks from just six months ago, let alone two years ago, because adversaries have leveled up with AI. Naturally, security operations and analysts are under pressure, facing mounting alert volumes and false positives, while organizations scramble to support them amidst a widening talent gap and an old model that...
OpenAI and Jony Ive may be struggling to figure out their AI device
OpenAI and Jony Ive reportedly face significant technical challenges as they work to develop a screen-less, AI-powered device.
TechCrunch Mobility: Toyota makes a $1.5B bet on the startup ecosystem
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
The Young Minds App wants to protect and educate children online and will show its tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Young Minds gives parents control over what their kids do on the internet, while also protecting their childrenβs privacy and teaching them good online habits.
Stop Blaming VCs When Your Equity Is Worthless. They Are Just The Enablers.
Every time a startup raises $100M, $200m+ or more and exits for less that a few times that, the same narrative emerges: βEvil VCs and their liquidation preferences screwed the employees!β Sure, VCs enabled it to some extent. But letβs be honest about who made the call. The CEO chose to raise that much money.... Continue Reading
Dear SaaStr: Whatβs a Good Agenda for A Weekly All-Hands Meeting?
Dear SaaStr: Whatβs a Good Agenda for A Weekly All-Hands Meeting? Itβs a small team of 10 and half are developers so the engagement is pretty low. For a small team, especially with half being developers who might not naturally engage in meetings, you need to make the weekly all-hands concise, relevant, and engaging. Hereβs... Continue Reading
Nothing Playground
Vibe-code your Nothing phone Discussion | Link
Replacing coders with AI? Why Bill Gates, Sam Altman and experience say you shouldnβt
In the race to automate everything β from customer service to code β AI is being heralded as a silver bullet. The narrative is seductive: AI tools that can write entire applications, streamline engineering teams and reduce the need for expensive human developers, along with hundreds of other jobs.But from my point of view as a technologist who spends every day inside real companiesβ data and workflows, the hype doesnβt...
Replacing coders with AI? Why Bill Gates, Sam Altman and experience say you shouldnβt.
In the race to automate everything β from customer service to code β AI is being heralded as a silver bullet. The narrative is seductive: AI tools that can write entire applications, streamline engineering teams and reduce the need for expensive human developers, along with hundreds of other jobs.But from my point of view as a technologist who spends every day inside real companiesβ data and workflows, the hype doesnβt...
Beyond Von Neumann: Toward a unified deterministic architecture
A cycle-accurate alternative to speculation β unifying scalar, vector and matrix computeFor more than half a century, computing has relied on the Von Neumann or Harvard model. Nearly every modern chip β CPUs, GPUs and even many specialized accelerators β derives from this design. Over time, new architectures like Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW), dataflow processors and GPUs were introduced to address specific...
If youβre not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs
PitchBook reports that VCs have poured $192.7 billion into the industry so far this year, out of a total $366.8 billion. In the most recent quarter, AI accounted for 62.7% of the money invested by U.S. VCs, and for 53.2% of money invested by global firms.
Startups and the US government: Itβs getting complicated
Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government.
Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.
New SaaStr AI LIVE with Jason Lemkin: VC Funding in the AI Era: Whatβs Actually Getting Funded in 2025 and Why Your B2B Startup Might Be Left Behind
The VC fundraising landscape has completely transformed in the last 18 months, and most founders still donβt realize just how dramatically the rules have changed. After analyzing 1,000 VC pitch decks and calculating 400,000+ startup valuations on SaaStr.ai, and having countless conversations with both sides of the table, the data is unambiguous: traditional paths to... Continue Reading
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Launch a Second Product? And Who Should Launch It?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Launch a Second Product? And Who Should Launch It? Launching a second product is a huge move, and it can either accelerate your growth or become a massive distraction. Hereβs how to do it right and who should lead the charge: How to Launch a Second Product 1. Validate with... Continue Reading
With its latest acqui-hire, OpenAI is doubling down on personalized consumer AIΒ
OpenAI is acquiring the CEO of Roi, an AI financial companion. Roi will sunset its service as its talent heads to OpenAI, ostensibly to help boost revenue in consumer apps.
Sources: Naveen Raoβs new AI hardware startup targets $5B valuation with backing from a16zΒ
Former Databricks AI chief is raising $1 billion to build an Nvidia rival through a novel approach.
Huawei's new open source technique shrinks LLMs to make them run on less powerful, less expensive hardware
Huaweiβs Computing Systems Lab in Zurich has introduced a new open-source quantization method for large language models (LLMs) aimed at reducing memory demands without sacrificing output quality. The technique, called SINQ (Sinkhorn-Normalized Quantization), is designed to be fast, calibration-free, and easy to integrate into existing model workflows. The code for performing it has been made available by the Huawei...
Ghost Note
An innovative privacy focused approach to code documentation Discussion | Link
OpenAI's DevDay 2025 preview: Will Sam Altman launch the ChatGPT browser?
OpenAI will host more than 1,500 developers at its largest annual conference on Monday, as the company behind ChatGPT seeks to maintain its edge in an increasingly competitive artificial intelligence landscape.The third annual DevDay conference at San Francisco's Fort Mason represents a critical moment for OpenAI, which has seen its dominance challenged by rapid advances from Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and...
Can you think like a YC partner? This game will help you find out
The YC Partner Simulator game, created by an undergrad in Berlin, lets you see if you can predict which startups get into Y Combinator.
Can AI companies turn brainrot into revenue?
The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty [β¦]
Supabase nabs $5B valuation, four months after hitting $2B
It's been a wild year of growth and fundraising for vibe-coding database of choice, Supabase.
Our SaaStr AI Startup Valuation Calculator Crosses 400,000 (!) Valuations. And Now We Can Tell You The Odds Youβll Get Funded. In Seconds.
Ok we are on a roll with our new SaaStr.ai Tools to help founders (and funders). Our first SaaStr AI VC tool was our Startup Valuation Calculator. Itβs now been used for 400,000+ valuation calculations! But thatβs not all. Today it got much, much better. Now it can tell you the odds youβll get funded!... Continue Reading
Enhance
Turn your new tab into a daily boost of calm + productivity. Discussion | Link
AI slop, government stops, and startup uncertainty
The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty [β¦]
Dropstone
AI IDE that learns and improves itself as you code Discussion | Link