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VC advice to increase burn rate often harms SaaS startups, says SaaStr
A SaaStr article highlights that venture capitalists encouraging SaaS startups to hire aggressively and increase their burn rate is bad advice about 66-70% of the time.
09 Jul, 09:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Gamma reaches $100 million ARR with 50 employees and 600,000 paying users
Gamma, a startup founded by CEO Grant Lee and two former Optimizely colleagues, has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) with a team of just 50 employees.
09 Jul, 09:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Dunning management helps SaaS firms recover failed payments and reduce churn
Dunning management is a process SaaS companies use to recover failed payments and reduce involuntary churn, according to chargebee.com.
09 Jul, 07:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Zoho launches Grow Payments extension for Zoho CRM to streamline payments
Zoho introduced Grow Payments for Zoho CRM on July 9, 2026, an extension designed to integrate payment collection directly within the CRM platform.
09 Jul, 07:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS AI agents outperform top human sales reps, says SaaStr AI 2026
At SaaStr AI 2026, industry leaders revealed that AI agents in SaaS sales now outperform the best human representatives, marking a shift in sales strategies.
09 Jul, 03:22 am IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Legacy SaaS firm Marketo loses longtime customer over pricing and API limits
A longtime customer of Marketo, one of the first ten users and a reference account for years, has decided to leave the platform due to pricing increases and API limitations, according to saastr.com.
08 Jul, 09:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 1 min
Slopfix charges $10,000 weekly to refactor AI-generated codebases
Slopfix, a team of three senior engineers, offers a service to refactor AI-generated codebases for $10,000 per week, aiming to restore maintainability and reduce code bloat.
08 Jul, 07:22 am IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Davit launches native macOS UI for Apple container platform
Davit, a new native macOS application, enables users to run Linux containers on Apple silicon without requiring Docker Desktop.
08 Jul, 05:22 am IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Miro and Fin share insights on running pricing as a product discipline
At Beelieve ’26 in London, Vinay Seshadri, Sr. Director of Product Management at Chargebee, hosted a session with Yuliya Malysh, Head of Self-Serve Busines…
07 Jul, 11:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS startups should hire VP of sales after $1M ARR milestone
SaaS startups typically begin hiring a VP of Sales once they reach between $1 million and $2 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), according to saastr.com.
07 Jul, 05:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Zoho launches Inventory MCP to streamline inventory operations via AI chat
Zoho unveiled Inventory MCP on July 7, 2026, a new feature that enables inventory operations through conversational AI.
07 Jul, 01:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Anthropic's revenue run-rate nears $50 billion, outpacing Salesforce
Anthropic's annualized run-rate revenue reached $47 billion by mid-May 2026, surpassing Salesforce's $41 billion and positioning it as the second-largest pure-play software company after Microsoft.
06 Jul, 09:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaStr outlines best practices for setting sales targets in SaaS companies
SaaStr published guidance on setting sales targets for SaaS sales teams, emphasizing a structured approach using three confidence-based plans: C-90, C-60, and C-10.
06 Jul, 05:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Zoho launches Google-powered address autocomplete for Zoho CRM
Zoho introduced Autocomplete Address Via Google for Zoho CRM on July 6, 2026, an extension that integrates Google Places API to help businesses capture accurate customer addresses within Zoho CRM.
06 Jul, 05:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
OpenPrinter launches repairable, refillable ink system printer
OpenPrinter, developed by OpenTools Studio, is a compact and robust printer designed to be fully repairable and equipped with a refillable ink system.
06 Jul, 05:21 am IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Software spend grows 15% in 2026 despite SaaS valuation declines
Total software spending is increasing by 15% this year, marking the fastest growth in a decade, with Gartner projecting a rise from $1.2 trillion to $1.4 trillion in 2026.
05 Jul, 09:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Google Cloud VP highlights workflow friction as main AI adoption barrier
Sarah Kennedy Ellis, Google Cloud’s VP of Global Demand & Growth, emphasized that workflow friction, rather than AI model quality, is the primary obstacle…
05 Jul, 07:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaStr CEO highlights $450,000 deal from event in AI era
Jason Lemkin, CEO of SaaStr, shared that a $450,000 total contract value (TCV) deal was closed from a buyer met at the SaaStr Annual event in September.
05 Jul, 05:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS sales commissions maintain 50/50 base-bonus split in 2026
In 2026, SaaS salespeople continue to earn commissions structured around a 50/50 split between base salary and variable bonus, according to data from ICONIQ shared by SaaStr.
05 Jul, 05:21 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
AI transforms outbound sales with targeted, high-quality outreach
Sam Blond, founder and CEO of Monaco, an AI-native revenue platform, discussed how AI has radically changed outbound sales in a recent episode of The Agents podcast hosted by SaaStr.
04 Jul, 09:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS companies segment churn to reveal retention patterns
Churn rates in SaaS companies vary significantly depending on customer segments, according to a recent analysis by saastr.com.
04 Jul, 07:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS firms advised to pay commissions on all sales leads covered
SaaS companies with both self-serve and sales-driven models are advised to pay commissions on all sales leads their account executives cover, even those th…
04 Jul, 05:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
High CO2 levels in meeting rooms impair decision-making, study finds
A recent observation by Mike Bowler highlights that elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in meeting rooms can significantly reduce decision-making quality.
04 Jul, 03:21 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 1 min
Zoho named overall leader in Dresner's 2026 BI Market Study
Zoho Analytics has been named an overall leader in the 2026 Wisdom of Crowds® Business Intelligence Market Study by Dresner Advisory Services.
04 Jul, 05:22 am IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS startups urged to hold user conferences after 100 customers
SaaS startups reaching 100 customers are encouraged to organize their first user conference, according to saastr.com.
03 Jul, 07:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaStr founder advises hiring sales reps you would buy from
SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin emphasized that the most important trait when hiring an inside sales candidate is that the founder would personally buy from them.
03 Jul, 05:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 1 min
AI token spending surges despite unclear revenue gains in 2026
In the first half of 2026, companies increased their AI token spending fivefold, yet few can demonstrate corresponding revenue growth, according to a discussion on saastr.com.
02 Jul, 11:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
Vercel cuts lead qualification team from 10 to 1 using AI agent
Vercel reduced its lead qualification team from 10 people to just one by deploying an AI-powered lead qualification agent, costing only $5,000 annually.
02 Jul, 09:23 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 2 min
SaaS firms debate post-sales functions reporting into sales teams
Many SaaS companies are reconsidering their organizational structures by moving post-sales functions such as customer success and support under sales depar…
02 Jul, 05:22 pm IST - SAASSAAS · 1 min
Zoho SalesIQ launches Summer '26 update with 40+ new features
Zoho SalesIQ rolled out its Summer '26 update featuring over 40 new capabilities designed to enhance customer engagement through agentic intelligence, the company announced on July 2.
02 Jul, 03:23 pm IST