The SaaS market has exploded in recent years and with the impact of COVID, has seen dramatic tailwinds as industries go through an accelerated digital transformation. In 2020, the SaaS market grew to $104B according to Gartner, in revenue and they expect the market to reach $140B by 2022. The IPO market for SaaS remains …
Since the start of COVID, many startups and sales teams have been required to adapt and change to address the new business climate presented by the pandemic. Heading into 2021, there is optimism, but also the acknowledgment of the reality that our society may not quickly completely transition back to pre-pandemic norms. To help our …
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Our 15th Annual CXO Summit in October provided excellent insights and trends from leading industry executives. We had over 60 CXOs from F500 companies (including Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, Merck, Nissan, Prudential, TIAA), CEOs of Palo Alto Networks and RingCentral, the COO of Twilio as well as some hyper-growth companies like HashiCorp and …
Over the past few months, the Wall Street Journal and Goldman Sachs have begun to use Drop’s Cardify.ai data highlighting insights into consumer spend and income during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even cloud juggernaut Snowflake is using Cardify.ai as a featured dataset during demos with their customers. Why is that? Cardify.ai’s market validated database has access …
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There has been growing interest in the emergence of synthetic data as a result of an abundance of low-cost computing and storage resources. Rather than being generated by real events, synthetic data is artificially-created datasets often comprising images or text that can be used for various applications in testing or across artificial intelligence. Synthetic data …
Many companies are exploring utilizing machine learning (ML) technology, however, getting a model deployed and into production is no easy feat. Many data scientists lack the necessary tooling to properly train, manage, and deploy ML models. Machine Learning Operations, or MLOps, is commonly viewed as the application of DevOps principles to machine learning systems which …
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled machines to begin to outperform humans in areas like picking stocks, interpreting X-rays, and language translation. AI enables machines to perform human-like tasks with increasing degrees of autonomy by learning from experience and adjusting to new pieces of information. Businesses are eager to use AI for new opportunities …
Sierra Ventures Managing Partner Mark Fernandes participated on a panel at Collision’s Annual Conference with Renata Quintini from Renegade Partners, Ravi Viswanathan from NewView Capital, and moderated by Kimberly Weisul from Inc. magazine to discuss starting a technology company in an economic downturn. Key Takeaways “Technology waits for no one… if you’re starting a …
Fast forward more than 56 years since the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington and emotions today range from sadness to outrage at what we have not accomplished in over a generation, and now amplified to crisis proportions by the police killing of George Floyd. So, what can a 15-person venture capital firm do better? …
Sierra Ventures’ Perspective First and foremost, our hearts go out to you and your loved ones during this difficult time. We think about you, our community, often and are sending you all good thoughts to stay safe, healthy, and optimistic. On a macro level, what is happening now with the coronavirus pandemic is something that …
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