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Urban digital transformation: Insights for marketers from global smart cities

Martech

Between 2019 and 2023, Austin’s VC-backed tech startups experienced a 23% growth in their workforces, while big tech firms grew their teams by 44%. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) aims to digitize 500 million pages of records by September 30, 2026. In the United States, similar efforts are underway.

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AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future

SaaStr

But here’s what’s fascinating: this same deflection model is now making its first moves into sales territory. Duolingo didn’t gradually increase from 10% to 80% – they saw explosive growth once the AI agents demonstrated consistent performance. The AI Account Executive Emerges. The Goal Again?

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SaaS Is Still Slowing Down, Unfortunately: What Q1 2025 Numbers Reveal About the Cloud Software Market

SaaStr

So Jamin Ball of Altimeter has a great summary of the cumulative revenue growth of all public SaaS companies … and it’s not a great story: Aggregate net new ARR added in Q1 from the software universe isn't looking good! Market Saturation : Many categories that drove explosive growth in previous years are reaching maturity.

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Why AI Has Taken Longer to Come to Sales Than Coding with Artisan’s CEO

SaaStr

The latest AI B2B to go through hyper-growth. Timeline for Improvement : Expect culturally-aware AI models by late 2025/early 2026 as training datasets become more globally representative. They’ve rocketed to $6m ARR in just a few months. Here’s why—and what’s coming next.

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How to Turn $100K Into $2.7M of Pipeline: Become a SaaStr Sponsor

SaaStr

Next Steps: 📧 Email : sponsors at saastrinc.com 📅 Strategy Call : Schedule your custom S-tier partnership consultation 🎯 Secure Your Position : Limited 2025-2026 partnerships available S-tier results require S-tier strategy. influenced pipeline from single event Sales enablement platform : $75K investment → $2.1M

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How tariffs impact retail sales and ad spending, and why 2025 might be different

Martech

retail spending in 2025 were generally aligned around mid-single-digit growth despite the impact of tariffs. annual sales growth of $5.29 annual sales growth of $5.29 The NRF says this year’s forecast aligns with the 10-year pre-pandemic average yearly sales growth of 3.6%. Before today, predictions for U.S.

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10 Ways AI Will Change Sales Forever. It’s Already Happening, In Fact.

SaaStr

It knows what every B2B leader ever featured on SaaStr thought about critical business challenges at every stage of growth. It knows what every SaaS leader ever featured on SaaStr thought about critical business challenges at every stage of growth.