Finding the successful product-market fit for your startup may require a pivot at some point, writes guest author Evgenii Khafizov, who warns found...

Startups SaaS Sales & Marketing

Aug, 07, 2025

4 min read

by Crunchbase

AI-Powered Sales Automation Startup Clay More Than Doubles Valuation To $3.1B

Sales automation startup Clay has raised $100 million in a Series C round of funding that more than doubles the company’s valuation to $3.1 billion...

AI Artificial Intelligence Venture Unicorn

Aug, 05, 2025

3 min read

by Crunchbase

New Value Models, New Playbooks: Tactics AI-First Companies Use To Scale

AI is redefining software’s role, enabling products that perform end-to-end work, write guest authors Medha Agarwal and Noah Lin of Defy, who share...

AI Artificial Intelligence SaaS Sales & Marketing

Aug, 01, 2025

3 min read

by Crunchbase

Selling Software In The AI Age: Why Long-Term Commitments Are Harder To Win Than Ever

The velocity of innovation, particularly around AI, is collapsing the shelf life of software differentiation, write guest authors Rob Biederman and...

AI Artificial Intelligence SaaS Sales & Marketing

Jul, 28, 2025

4 min read

by Crunchbase

Why Today’s Best CFOs Think Like Founders

The best CFOs are just like the founders they work for: business thinkers who understand how to turn capital into outcomes. In this guest commentar...

Finance Business Fintech Startups

Jul, 25, 2025

2 min read

by Crunchbase