Salesforce

E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more

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A leading cloud-based software company, considered the 'bellwether for the whole SAS category.' Its recent quarterly results showed a significant slowdown in net new ARR and exploding CAC payback, indicating a broader industry contraction.

E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more

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Mentioned for buying a retreat center due to concerns that employees hired over two years have never met and are becoming isolated.

The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam

Y Combinator

Acquired Heroku for $250 million, highlighting the growing value of platform-as-a-service solutions.

E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more

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Acquired Slack after it faced cannibalization from Microsoft Teams.

OpenAI's $150B conversion, Meta's AR glasses, Blue-collar boom, Risk of nuclear war

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A CRM company and system of record, whose future is debated in the context of AI's potential to disrupt traditional enterprise software.

Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024

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Mentioned as a company with a successful M&A playbook, analogous to Salesforce's approach.

E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars

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Acquired Slack, mentioned in the context of competition with Microsoft Teams.

Big Fed rate cuts, AI killing call centers, $50B govt boondoggle, VC's rough years, Trump/Kamala

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Mentioned as a system of record that companies like Clara are aiming to deprecate and replace using AI.

E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses

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Slack was acquired by Salesforce as a long-term protective solution to better compete against Microsoft's bundling strategy.

Danae Ringelmann at Startup School SV 2014

Y Combinator

A company that pledged to match funding for the 'An Hour of Code' campaign.

Deep Learning State of the Art (2020)

Lex Fridman

Developed a dataset for question answering focused on common sense reasoning and is also involved in extending 'double descent' to deep neural networks.

E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more

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Announced its move to become an 'entirely Slack-centric company,' rebuilding its architecture around Slack to adapt to distributed work.

E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing

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Acquired Slack for nearly $30 billion, highlighting current large SaaS exit valuations.

E15: “The Besties” All-In’s inaugural award show covering the best, worst & most memorable of 2020

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Company that acquired Slack, discussed as a brilliant strategic move that may ultimately make Slack more valuable to Salesforce than YouTube is to Google.

Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues

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Software company led by Marc Benioff, used as an example of successful M&A strategy.

E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more

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The enterprise software giant that acquired Slack for $27.7 billion, aiming to strengthen its position in cross-company engagement.

Ray Dalio: Principles, the Economic Machine, AI & the Arc of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #54

Lex Fridman

A company founded by Mark Benioff, used as an example of a 'shaper's' creation.

Random Show — Fasting, Biohacking, and Tony Robbins | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A cloud-based software company whose founder, Marc Benioff, credits Tony Robbins for its existence.

E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more

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Its presence in San Francisco is cited as an example of how city politicians treated tech success as a grab bag.

How to Get Rich on Easy Mode

Ali Abdaal

AI Dev 25 x NYC | Ori Goshen: Reliability Is the Bottleneck for Agents

DeepLearningAI

How to Thrive in an AI World, Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours, & The Art of Sabbaticals (4K)

Tim Ferriss

A company mentioned for its executives spending significant time with customers and its history of acquisitions leading to potential integration challenges.

Marc Benioff | All-In Summit 2024

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A leading enterprise software company, founded by Marc Benioff, known for its cloud-based solutions and pioneering the '1-1-1' philanthropic model.

Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more

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Company that filed a complaint against Microsoft regarding bundling practices.