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144 B2B APIs Graded. The Average Score is 71/100. The New AI Agent API Report Card Tells Us Where B2B Really Stands.
May 19, 2026
Live now: saastr.ai/api-report-card When we shipped the AI Agent API Report Card a few weeks ago, we had 75 B2B APIs graded and a hunch this was a tool builders had been quietly waiting for. A few weeks in, the numbers tell the story: 144 APIs graded. 4,521...
What to Do If Your Business Decelerates
May 19, 2026
A top B2B VC said to me back in the day: "Once a B2B business decelerates, it becomes almost hopeless. No one will buy you, fund you, or join you." That quote was true then. It's only gotten more true in 2026. The good thing about B2B is the revenue recurs. The bad...
Tired vs. Wired: $4 Trillion in IPOs Coming, $100B in M&A, Vibing Isn’t Killing Salesforce After All, and Why the B2B Doomers Were Dead Wrong (Mostly)
May 18, 2026
I put this chart together for my SaaStr AI Annual opener last week. Of the 5 things we kept hearing through 2025 and through Q1 2026, and what we're actually seeing now that the agents have shipped and the budgets have hit. #1. "Everyone will vibe-code their own CRM"...
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144 B2B APIs Graded. The Average Score is 71/100. The New AI Agent API Report Card Tells Us Where B2B Really Stands.
By Jason Lemkin | May 19, 2026
Live now: saastr.ai/api-report-card When we shipped the AI Agent API Report Card a few weeks ago, we had 75 B2B APIs graded and a hunch this was a tool builders had been quietly waiting for. A few weeks in, the numbers tell the story: 144 APIs graded. 4,521 analyses run. 45 A grades. 87…
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What to Do If Your Business Decelerates
By Jason Lemkin | May 19, 2026
A top B2B VC said to me back in the day: “Once a B2B business decelerates, it becomes almost hopeless. No one will buy you, fund you, or join you.” That quote was true then. It’s only gotten more true in 2026. The good thing about B2B is the revenue recurs. The bad news is…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
Tired vs. Wired: $4 Trillion in IPOs Coming, $100B in M&A, Vibing Isn’t Killing Salesforce After All, and Why the B2B Doomers Were Dead Wrong (Mostly)
By Jason Lemkin | May 18, 2026
I put this chart together for my SaaStr AI Annual opener last week. Of the 5 things we kept hearing through 2025 and through Q1 2026, and what we’re actually seeing now that the agents have shipped and the budgets have hit. #1. “Everyone will vibe-code their own CRM” → “Our CRM brings in deals…
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Schmoozing Is Dead, Agents Are Hitting 120% of Humans, and Growth Is the Only Thing That Matters: 10 Things From the Closing Q&A at SaaStr AI Annual 2026
May 17, 2026
We just wrapped SaaStr AI Annual 2026, and the closing Q&A on Day 3 ended up being one of the most engaged of the whole gathering. No script, no prepared deck, just an hour-and-a-half of questions from the audience on the topics most on their mind. We went off on...
Dear SaaStr: What Was the Toughest Rejection You Ever Had in Sales?
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Dear SaaStr: What Was the Toughest Rejection You Ever Had in Sales? The hardest rejection I’ve had in sales was around renewals. Especially ones I thought we really had earned. But still lost. In particular, in the early days of EchoSign / Adobe Sign, we had a...
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AI at Scale: 8 Learnings from monday.com Co-Founder and Co-Ceo Eran Zinman
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The 2025 SaaS Vibe Check: What Founders Need to Know Right Now with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin did a vibe check into the state of SaaS, AI, venture funding, and the rollercoaster of building a business in 2025.
Dear SaaStr: Can an Entrepreneur Back Out of a Signed Term Sheet Without Damaging Their Reputation?
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Dear SaaStr: Can an entrepreneur back out of a signed term sheet without damaging their reputation? In my experience — Yes, probably. As a founder, you can back out of a term sheet if something is off, or even if you just get another offer you prefer. There is a lot...


