SaaS

Box CEO Aaron Levie on how AI is changing the enterprise SaaS landscape

Enterprise /

Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie doesn’t think AI agents will replace enterprise SaaS (software as a service) companies. Instead, he believes that the more likely future is a hybrid combination of SaaS plus agents, he said, speaking on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Wednesday. “Generally, once you have a business process, […]

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AccessGrid raises $4.4M to help turn phones into key fobs

Startups /

Auston Bunsen had a lot of free time after his company QuickNode reached a certain size. That company, a blockchain developer platform, was founded in 2017 and subsequently raised more than $100 million in funding, according to PitchBook.   Then Bunsen started thinking about the fact that people would perhaps like to unlock their doors with their iPhone. “I eventually

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Terraton wants to be the McDonald’s of biochar

Climate /

If there’s one thing McDonald’s has done for the world, it’s made starting a burger restaurant relatively straightforward. Franchisees buy into the system, and in return they get equipment, marketing, and even an operating manual. Terraton wants to bring that same model to biochar, a technology that turns agricultural waste into a carbon dioxide-sequestering fertilizer.

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SaaS is in the past. The future belongs to agents, says Narada AI’s CEO

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“SaaS is going away,” said Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting big on a different future for enterprise software, one powered by agentic AI. Change is coming “in the not-too-distant future,” Park said on Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast. “The typical knowledge worker today deals with anywhere from 17 to

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Aletiq secures $6.5M for its SaaS tool focused on product lifecycle management

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Aletiq has raised a €6 million funding round led by Point Nine a few months ago (around $6.5 million at current exchange rates). The French startup is announcing the founding round today. Aletiq has been developing product lifecycle management (PLM) software for manufacturing industrial companies working in aerospace, automotive, electronics, luxury and more. When you

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SmartSuite raises $38M to be the final word on enterprise collaboration

Fundraising /

Three founders who built out one of the bigger startups in risk management are scaling a new company to take on another pain point in the world of work. SmartSuite‘s platform lets teams collaborate on projects, build automations around that work, and search and access work across larger libraries of data spanning a disparate number

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Comstruct, a platform to digitize the construction industry, raises $13.5 million

Enterprise /

When you think about platforms in the construction industry, chances are you’re thinking about concrete platforms designed to support steel beams and tall pillars. Munich-based startup Comstruct wants to design a different platform to digitize the construction industry — a software platform. And the startup is announcing a $12.5 million Series A round led by GV

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Nelly raises $51 million to digitalize medical practices across Europe

Fundraising /

Nelly wants to become the biggest fintech startup in the healthcare industry. The Berlin-based startup is already working with more than 1,200 medical practices in a handful of European countries. But there are thousands more that could benefit from an upgrade for their administrative workflows. That’s why Nelly recently raised €50 million in funding (around

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Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs

Venture /

Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium businesses, has abruptly shut down, according to a notice posted on its website.   “We regret to inform you that as of December 27, 2024, the Bench platform will no longer be accessible,” the notice reads. “We know this news is abrupt and may

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Hauler Hero wants to bring waste management software into the 21st century

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After nearly four years of working in sales at tradesperson software company ServiceTitan, Mark Hoadley (pictured above) was looking for a change and to potentially start something of his own in a similar industry. Hoadley’s brother-in-law, and now co-founder, Ben Sikma, was working on M&A in the waste management space at the time. Sikma discovered

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