Founder Diaries Newsletter - Issue 4
Welcome to our weekly digest of the latest news — from industry trends, AI, and founder stories to best practices.
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This week, we’re covering the latest news from amazing businesses, along with free reports, guides on AI adoption, marketing strategies, leadership insights, and some exciting product releases.
Exciting Tech News
Yasser Elsaid, CEO at Chatbase shared that they hit $5M ARR at Chatbase!
“Chatbase will become a $100M ARR company. Invest now and follow me to watch the journey. You will never be this early.”
Maor Shlomo, Angel Investor who is “Playing with software” shared that yesterday, Base44 crossed 20k users and became profitable.
“Base44 is an idea I’ve obsessed over for years. I’ve researched different ways of approaching it. I tried building MVPs throughout the years, all of them failed. Recently, LLMs finally made Base44 feasible, but only after years of deep research and failed attempts.”
Tyler Douglas, ex Founder & CEO at String shared that:
“Earlier this month I took a leap and sold String!! This wasn’t a huge multi-million dollar exit, but it was nothing to scoff at. It’s enough to support my family for a few years while I work on the new biz.”
Tomás Gil Etreros, CTO at Embat recently shared:
“Necto, a US-based leader in global bank API connectivity, saw the problem and built a solution with industry-leading expertise and technology. Now, that technology becomes part of Embat.”
Free guides
Arpio shared a step-by-step plan to make sure you’re ready in case disaster strikes.
Do you know how to safely recover from ransomware attacks?
EMARKETER shared their five charts outlining the new era of social media.
In a world where people are more immersed in social platforms than ever, marketers must stay informed to stay ahead.
Clearview Social, Inc. said that it's time to supercharge your social media strategy using AI.
Learn how to leverage AI to boost organic growth and maximize results.
Crunchbase ’s New E-book.
Identify AI solutions tailored for your business and create a tech stack that drives growth.
Vimeo ’s Video Marketing Handbook.
Successful marketing requires successful videos. Their in-depth guidebook has everything you need to make your strategy sing.
Glyphic x Pavilion created "The Practical AI Guide for Revenue Leaders", a no-fluff playbook designed to help revenue teams leverage AI for real, measurable impact.
New product releases
Learn more about Real-Time CDP Collaboration that helps you target the right audiences faster and smarter, in high-value channels like connected TV and digital audio.
“Connect with organizations in a secure, and privacy-centric environment to discover high-value audiences, gain insights, and reach new potential customers.”
Meet Snowflake Cortex Agents ( Snowflake Developers ) , now in public preview!
“Cortex Agents orchestrates across structured and unstructured data for accurate AI-driven decisions from within the secure Snowflake perimeter; Cortex Agents use Cortex Analyst (now in GA) and Cortex Search as tools. Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet is used by Cortex Agents to deliver accurate, efficient and governed data insights at scale.”
Unison, Totango 's new AI-powered platform.
“Unify your customer data in Unison to accurately predict churn, rapidly detect risks, and identify expansion opportunities. Whether you’re integrating with our customer success platform, other CSPs, or flying solo.”
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