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Databricks’ Co-Founder Arsalan Tavakoli: Every Software Monopoly Falls in the Next 24 Months
Jun 29, 2026
Databricks is now running at a stunning $6.9B revenue run-rate, growing 80%+ year over year, with AI products alone past a $1.7B run-rate and net retention above 140%. That gives co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji better visibility into what enterprises are actually...
How to Create Urgency in Sales. When There Really Isn’t Any.
Jun 29, 2026
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Create Urgency in Sales. When There Really Isn't Any? https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/2071239240105476205?s=20 Creating urgency is an art. Most founders are great “middlers”. They are great at explaining not just what the product does, but...
How To Build Your Own AI VP of Marketing: The Full Playbook From SaaStr AI 2026
Jun 28, 2026
At SaaStr AI Annual 2026, Amelia Lerutte, SaaStr's Chief AI Officer, took five months of running 10K, SaaStr's AI VP of Marketing, distilled what worked into a spec, and built a brand-new one from scratch on stage in about 15 minutes. The whole room built theirs at...
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Databricks’ Co-Founder Arsalan Tavakoli: Every Software Monopoly Falls in the Next 24 Months
By Jason Lemkin | June 29, 2026
Databricks is now running at a stunning $6.9B revenue run-rate, growing 80%+ year over year, with AI products alone past a $1.7B run-rate and net retention above 140%. That gives co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji better visibility into what enterprises are actually doing with AI budget than almost anyone. On stage at SaaStr AI, he laid out…
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How to Create Urgency in Sales. When There Really Isn’t Any.
By Jason Lemkin | June 29, 2026
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Create Urgency in Sales. When There Really Isn’t Any? The hardest part of sales is creating urgency The rest is hard too, don't get me wrong But really, 95 times out of 100, no one really needs to buy your product right now. Especially if it involves business process change….
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Marketing, SaaStr.Ai
How To Build Your Own AI VP of Marketing: The Full Playbook From SaaStr AI 2026
By Jason Lemkin | June 28, 2026
At SaaStr AI Annual 2026, Amelia Lerutte, SaaStr’s Chief AI Officer, took five months of running 10K, SaaStr’s AI VP of Marketing, distilled what worked into a spec, and built a brand-new one from scratch on stage in about 15 minutes. The whole room built theirs at the same time. This is the playbook to…
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