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Dear SaaStr: How Bad Does it Look to Be on The Product Team at a Failed Startup?

Dear SaaStr: How Bad Does it Look to Be on The Product Team at a Failed Startup? If the company actually shipped a strong product people respect โ€” not bad at all. If the company shipped something cr*ppy, a POS hack that looks like it โ€” itโ€™s a negative, at least to folks that have... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: How Bad Does it Look to Be on The Product Team at a Failed Startup? appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Last week recap: More than 40 tech funding deals worth over โ‚ฌ1.4B

Last week, wetracked more than 40 tech funding deals worth over 1.4 billion, and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.Haberin devamฤฑnฤฑ okumak iรงin tฤฑklayฤฑ...

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

EU approves Synopsysโ€™ acquisition of Ansys, subject to conditions

The Commission has found that the merger can proceed if proposed requirements are met. Read more: EU approves Synopsysโ€™ acquisition of Ansys, subject to conditions

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

UK's Oh raises $4.5M Seed for Web3 decentralised AI creator ecosystem

UK multimodal AI ecosystem Oh, has raised $4.5 million Seed funding. Oh is building an ecosystem of decentralised AI products and infrastructure, that empower creators and users.Its prime product is ...

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

OpenAI rival planned by UK government in new AI strategy

The news comes as Vantage Data Centres, Nscale and Kyndryl have committed to investing 14bn into the UK to build AI infrastructure and create more than 13,000 jobs. Read more: OpenAI rival planned by UK government in new AI strategy

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Sketch It!

Turn artistic shame into fame with Sketch It Discussion | Link

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Krafton and Nvidia team up to create smarter AI characters for PUBG and inZOI

Nvidia and Krafton unveiled a groundbreaking on-device AI that will enable smarter AI characters for PUBG and inZoi.

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Irish-founded Overhaul secures $55m

The fresh funding will be used to advance its AI offering and support its ongoing acquisition plans. Read more: Irish-founded Overhaul secures $55m

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Emotionise AI: Building โ€™emotionally intelligentโ€™ AI

This Cork-based company trains its own GenAI model, EIMEAR, by using โ€˜emotionally intelligentโ€™ data. Read more: Emotionise AI: Building โ€™emotionally intelligentโ€™ AI

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Silicon Republic favicon Silicon Republic

Ontosight.ai

Transforming complexity into simplicity Discussion | Link

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Google AI Studio

Push Gemini to the limits of what Al can do Discussion | Link

Published on: January 13, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Watch Duty was downloaded 2 million times during this weekโ€™s LA fires

Fire-tracking app Watch Duty has become a crucial source of information for Los Angeles residents threatened by the ongoing wildfires. As TechCrunchโ€™s Maxwell Zeff explained, the app relies on a network of active and retired firefighters, first responders, official government reports, and volunteer reporters who monitor radio scanners to offer real-time updates on active wildfires. [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

AI is set to transform education โ€” what enterprise leaders can learn from this development

Unbound Academy will replace teachers with AI tools, representing the latest chapter in a 60-year quest in computer assisted instruction.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

The 13 best ideas, products and services of CES 2025 | The DeanBeat

As one of 6,000 journalists at the show, I walked around a lot to find the coolest tech. My conclusion: The robots are coming.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

LinkedIn: The Greatest B2B Acquisition of All Time?

So when Microsoft paid $26 Billion to buy LinkedIn, it seemed like they were getting a pretty good deal. Fast forward to today, it looks like a great one. LinkedIn is at $17 Billion in ARR, still growing 10%, and its whole division is wildly profitable โ€” with 50%+ operating margins! There may be... Continue Reading The post LinkedIn: The Greatest B2B Acquisition of All Time? appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Here are the five best pieces of founder advice I learned as a host of Found

After more than two years โ€” and nearly 100 episodes โ€” as a host of TechCrunchโ€™s recently ended Found podcast, I have learned a lot about how founders approach building their startups. Iโ€™ve heard stories about everything from how founders know when it is the right time to expand from their core product, to how [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

The Top SaaStr Posts, Pods and Vids of the Week: HubSpotโ€™s Chairman, Checkrโ€™s CRO, Ripplingโ€™s CRO, and a new CRO Confidential!

Top Posts: #1: 2025 And The Rise of the โ€œMech AEโ€ (Account Executive) #2: 2025 Should Be Better Than 2024 For Almost All Leading Public SaaS Companies #3: 38% of Bootstrapped Start-Ups Have Solo Founders. But Only 17% of VC-Backed Ones Do. And 10%-12% of Ones That IPO. #4: What Really Works When Hiring VPs,... Continue Reading The post The Top SaaStr Posts, Pods and Vids of the Week: HubSpotโ€™s Chairman, Checkrโ€™s CRO,...

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Kolors

Photorealistic text-to-image diffusion model for creators Discussion | Link

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

AI Avatars by Gan.AI

Turn text into lifelike videos instantly. Discussion | Link

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a CEO Continue Being the Head of Product?

Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a CEO Continue Being the Head of Product? Roughly โ€” only for as long as itโ€™s about a 10-hour a week job. Or often, maybe only up to $3m-$5m in ARR or so. These days, especially, I see way too many SaaS companies at $8m-$10m ARR or beyond without a... Continue Reading The post Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a CEO Continue Being the Head of Product? appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The community around WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. At the core is a fight [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch Startups favicon TechCrunch Startups

Shapen

Create 3D models from images Discussion | Link

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

GetWebsite.Report 2.0

AI Agent to audit your website for SEO & Conversion. Discussion | Link

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Vouz

No login open source file sharing platform Discussion | Link

Published on: January 12, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Tough Tongue AI 2.0

A multimodal agent to create, share and rehearse scenarios Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Listen to your technology users โ€” they have led to the most disruptive innovations in history

Technology users can be a source of ingenious ideas rather than a barrier. Here's how to seek out innovative disruption.

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Microsoft Pays Its AI Engineers 48% More. What About You?

"Software engineers working in AI earned 48% more than the average software engineer at the company, according to a payroll spreadsheet shared with BI."https://t.co/4PXy0RkaMu โ€” Jason SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 11, 2025 So a newer issue that is discussed a lot at start-up board meetings and investor meetings is AI Engineer... Continue Reading The post Microsoft Pays Its AI Engineers 48% More....

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Million Dollar Headlines 2.0

Steal the hero sections of websites making $1,000,000+ Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

BrainrotAI

Create viral content in seconds with BrainrotAI Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Velocity: The Prompt Co-Pilot

One-click prompt enhancement for all LLM's (incl Deepseek) Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

8 Quick Ways to Get More High Quality Leads. Right Now.

Dear SaaStr: Whatโ€™s the best way to get more leads right now? There are many โ€œlistsโ€ you can buy out there, and most will perform relatively poorly. You can have an AI SDR assemble its own list of prospects to auto email. That rarely works all that well, either. After all, no one on those... Continue Reading The post 8 Quick Ways to Get More High Quality Leads. Right Now. appeared first on SaaStr.

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Perspective

Transforms Figma designs with perspectives and 3D shadows Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Keepy Uppy

Keep the ball up Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

TIXAE Agents

Advanced voice + text AI agent builder Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Pile Commander

Open-source file manager for creative people Discussion | Link

Published on: January 11, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt