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- Side quests are always distracting.: Here’s what Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke had to say today when talking about why Shopify had to reduce its workforce by 20%. Also talk about “main missions,” which is another video game analogy in case you were wondering. Oh, and Shopify also sold its logistics business to Flexport. pee He has more deets. while, Daryl He also has some ideas.
- AI knew this was coming: Microsoft is planning its next feature set for Bing, and it’s no surprise here that it includes artificial intelligence. but, Kyle He writes that, “They’re not reinventing the wheel so much because they build on what Microsoft has achieved with the Bing experience over the past three months or so.”
- written in the stars: Kyle He also wrote on Hugging Face and ServiceNow launched StarCoder, a free alternative to DeepMind’s AlphaCode, Amazon’s CodeWhisperer, and OpenAI’s Modeling Codex.
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In a sign that investments in the supply chain sector remain strong, Pando, a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing its total to $45 million. Kyle reports.
Tellus, a financial technology company backed by Andreessen Horowitz that claims it can offer people higher returns on their savings balances by using that money to fund some US single-family home loans, is under scrutiny by the US government. Senate banking chief urges FDIC to look into company, Mary Ann reports.
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Acquisition, Retention, and Expansion: Why SaaS Founders Should Understand GDR and NDR
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Financial backers have raised their assumptions regarding SaaS productivity and development since the slump started. Subsequently, it is important that pioneers have a strong grasp on the key measurements that investors consider prior to saying OK or no.
In his most recent article on TC+, Paris Heymann (Accomplice, File Adventures) shares equations for working out Gross Dollar Maintenance and Net Dollar Maintenance, key execution pointers that give profound experiences into the strength of your business.
"Organizations that are unsurprising are more solid, simpler to make due, and are generally compensated with higher valuations," Heymann states, "than erratic ones."
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Ron I covered this week’s Salesforce World Tour event and found out more details about Slack’s plan to put AI at the heart of the user experience. He writes that examples include helping someone get the gist of a long chain without having to read every message and generate messages. We can’t wait for teleportation technology to get better so we can just think and Slack will write a message.
Dallas, Texas, found itself in a bind, confirming that a ransomware attack forced the city to shut down courthouses and disrupt some 911 services while the chaos resolved. Carly he has more.
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