HubSpot built a centralized vector storage and search platform called VaaS (Vector as a Service) on top of Qdrant, now handling over 20 billion vectors across 140+ clusters. The infrastructure powers …
AI startup Ahoy launched its agentic meeting scheduler by renting San Francisco's Pink Painted Lady for a pirate-themed party, offering free public access to the historic landmark. The event, funded b…
AWS Graviton5-powered M9g and M9gd EC2 instances are generally available, with production benchmarks from Honeycomb, ClickHouse, and HubSpot showing consistent 36% performance gains over M8g. The new …
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 powers a new version of Charlie, an AI engineering agent that autonomously investigates and resolves stuck PRs, production alerts, and bug reports. The updated system uses three GPT-5…
HubSpot scrapped a plan to use customer data for an AI feature after a four-day revolt, reversing a policy that opted users in by default. The CRM firm apologized and said any future data use would be…
Five startups and small companies with 20 to 70 employees replaced Salesforce and HubSpot contracts with AI-built apps from Anthropic, Lovable, and Replit, cutting software costs by 40% to 80%. Gartne…
A SaaStr AI executive argues that while small teams can successfully build AI agents on top of existing CRM platforms like Salesforce, the approach breaks down for larger organizations due to scaling …
HubSpot has scaled its semantic search platform to manage over 20 billion vectors across 38+ teams, using an internal service called VaaS built on Qdrant. The company automated cluster management with…
Programmable email extends traditional email APIs by adding inbound email delivery as structured JSON, reply threading, and per-app inboxes on a single domain, enabling full two-way communication from…
AWS made Graviton5-powered M9g and M9gd instances generally available on June 10, featuring 192 ARM cores and the first formally verified VM isolation in commercial cloud history. The new instances de…
HubSpot is challenging Salesforce for CRM dominance in 2026, with multiple vendor-comparison sites rating HubSpot ahead on usability and cost. Salesforce's Agentforce ARR reached $1.2 billion in the q…
Automated cold email outreach has overwhelmed Gmail inboxes by 2026, with tools like Apollo.io and Instantly sending tens of thousands of personalized messages that bypass traditional spam filters. Gm…
A fractional marketing CMO built a production email automation system on Cloudflare Workers in 10 days after HubSpot demanded an expensive upsell and professional services fee for triggered follow-up …
A developer built KanseiLINK, an MCP server that provides connection guides for SaaS APIs to Claude Code, reducing token usage by 60-70% on integration tasks. The tool stops Claude from guessing stale…
Dexter, an AI-native spend intelligence platform for enterprises that went through Y Combinator in 2024, is hiring a founding engineer in Berlin. The role involves building the product end-to-end, foc…
Morning Report, a new AI-powered tool, aggregates data from email, code, payments, and analytics into a single daily briefing. The service offers a free tier with two integrations and a $5/month Pro p…
Suhas Bhairav released AICoS, an open-source AI Chief of Staff workspace that turns department-level CSV uploads into live dashboards, Slack-derived action items, and board-ready PDF reports. The tool…
Datavessel launched a new platform of AI agents for ecommerce and marketing that connect to Shopify, Shopware, WooCommerce, GA4, Search Console, and Slack. The agents autonomously analyze data, execut…
Quickchat AI released a guide on building an AI Telegram bot that manages groups by posting announcements, pinning messages, and moderating members through AI Actions, which are custom HTTP requests t…
AI search engine Exa raised $250 million in Series C funding at a $2.2 billion valuation, led by a16z, to power AI agents with high-quality web search. Exa already serves over 5,000 companies includin…