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Software companies are not dead
There’s been a lot happening in the last few months. In a not-so-small corner of the equity market, software stocks have taken an AI-induced beating. Here are 4 examples, specifically for SaaS companies:
In each case, there are dual threa...
The battle for your checking account
There’s been a lot going on, so you’ve likely missed the ongoing DC tussle happening between Coinbase and the banking lobby over the forthcoming CLARITY Act, a follow up to last year’s GENIUS Act.
There are a few points of contention. Thi...
2026 Study Notes
Happy new year everyone! Looking forward to a great year of Off-Platform - I’ve got a very long list of companies, platforms, business models and interesting things in the tech world I want to write about in 2026.
But before I get into th...
The AI orchestration play
I’ve already written about how I believe a key piece of value accrual in AI will start appearing at the app layer. Another piece of that value puzzle is AI orchestration, and this is about to be a big deal.
You’ll see AI orchestration def...
The Apple/Tencent deal
If you work in business development, this post is for you.
Apple and Tencent announced a deal last week. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall while those talks were happening, because in my opinion, it’s super rare to see a deal tha...
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