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6 Practical Reasons AI is a Threat to Traditional B2B Startups Today

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Dear SaaStr: How Much of a Threat is AI to Traditional B2B Startups Today? AI isn’t yet slowing down the big leaders in SaaS, from Salesforce to HubSpot to Workday. In fact, they are embracing it. Workday is seeing a 30% attach rate for its new AI products in new deals already: 5 Interesting Learnings From Workday at $9 Billion in ARR And AI is the core focus of Salesforce today: WSJ says Agentforce filling jobs faster.

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The Compound Startup Advantage: Why The CEO of Rippling Believes Focus Is Overrated

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As we gear up for 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay , we wanted to take a look back at one of your favorite SaaStr conversations with Parker Conrad at SaaStr. Parker came to London to share just what he’s learned building a $12B+ compound start-up. And … the top mistakes they made. And come meet Rippling and learn its secrets to building compound products when their VP of Product Anique Drumright joins us on-stage at 2025 Annual !

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Top SaaStr Posts and Pods of the Week: AI + GTM with Jason & Sam, Owner’s CRO, SaaStr’s AI, Google Cloud’s VP Marketing

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Top Posts You May Have Missed: #1. The #1 Thing That Makes Enterprise Customers See Value: A Great Dashboard #2. Thoma Bravo: Software Spend Will Grow 19% a Year Through 2028. AI is The Accelerant. #3. Fake Multi-Product vs. Real Multi-Product #4. The Problem with Small But Mighty AI Start-Ups #5. The Top 10 Learnings from Launching SaaStrs Own AI: What Every B2B Founder Needs to Know Top Pods & Vids: #1.

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