Alexander Theuma

Founder and Editor-in-chief

Helping SaaS Founders grow their businesses to $10M+ ARR

I started SaaStock in 2015 with a simple idea: give SaaS founders a real space to connect, learn, and scale faster–together.

Fast forward to today: SaaStock has become the global home for SaaS founders who are serious about growth.

We've hosted thousands of founders, VCs, and execs from Dublin to Austin, from seed stage to unicorn. We’ve built a community that doesn’t just celebrate scale, it shares the hard truths, the breakthroughs, and the lessons you only get by being in the room where it happens.

Before SaaStock, I spent 11 years in sales, getting my hands dirty, chasing targets, closing deals, and learning what real GTM pressure feels like. That experience taught me: there’s no shortcut to growth. You need the right people around you, the right mindset, and a willingness to evolve — especially now, in an AI First world.

Today, I'm focused on three things:

Growing SaaStock across Europe and the US as the leading platform for SaaS founders.

Building a new generation of founder-driven, AI-enabled companies.

Using the SaaS Revolution Show Podcast to tell the real stories — the wins and the war stories — from the frontlines of SaaS.

SaaS is changing fast.

I'm here for the builders who want to change with it and win.

If you're scaling a SaaS company, or investing in one, let's chat.

Founder

Our purpose is to make a real difference to the lives and companies of the SaaS community

Most SaaS companies fail within the first three years due to lack of runway, lack of product market fit and lack of founder experience in managing a business.
SaaStock helps B2B SaaS Founders on the journey to $10mill ARR supercharge their growth by connecting founders with VCs to help extend runway, learn from industry experts and build pipeline.
We do this through or Physical and virtual conferences, our founder membership program, SaaStock local community gatherings and media.
We are the only media and events business that focuses on SaaS founders scaling to $10mill ARR. This focus enables us to provide the highest quality events, content and connections
For founders in this stage of their journey.


It’s a scary, uncertain — and incredibly exciting — moment in SaaS.
Earlier this week, a founder said to me:

“We may be living through the most pivotal 12 months in SaaS history.”

He might be right.

AI isn’t just another feature wave. It’s a platform shift. Business models are changing. GTM motions are evolving. Defensibility is being redefined in real time.

That’s exactly why we’re bringing 50 B2B SaaS leaders together in Austin next week Thursday 25th Feb for SaaStock Local: Austin.

No panels.
No fluff.
No vendor pitches.

Just a curated room of founders and operators having honest, peer-to-peer conversations about:

• How they’re adapting their product strategy
• Where AI is creating real leverage (vs noise)
• What’s changing in GTM and revenue models
• How to stay relevant — and win — through this shift

📍 Austin
📅 Thursday, Feb 25
👥 50 B2B Software leaders
🌮 Tacos, drinks, and high-signal conversation

If you want to be in the room comparing strategies with peers who are building through the AI platform shift — join us.

This will be the AI intelligence room for B2B software leaders in Austin next week.

Link to reg in the comments. See you in Austin

Running the largest 1:1 Meetings event in B2B Software

The B2B software model is being rewritten. Not gradually. Right now.

I've been speaking to SaaS founders across the spectrum lately, and the honest truth? The smartest people in the room are wrestling with the same fears.

Am I still building a product — or just a feature someone else's AI will absorb? Should every workflow become an agent? 
Will my pricing model survive when buyers only want to pay for outcomes? 
Is PLG quietly breaking?

These aren't hypothetical questions. They're keeping founders up at night, and they deserve real answers — not thought leadership, not hot takes, not another webinar.

That's exactly why April 15-16 in Austin matters more than any other two days on your calendar this year.

SaaStock USA is bringing together the B2B software leaders who are already running the experiments — testing AI packaging, rethinking seat vs. usage models, rebuilding GTM around agents, and winning. 

The people who've already paid the tuition of trial and error, so you don't have to.

Two days. Your peers. Structured 1:1 conversations with the founders actually navigating this shift in real time.

Not panels. Not theory. Intelligence you can act on straight away.

The AI platform shift doesn't reward the smartest founders. It rewards the best-informed ones moving fastest. Every month you spend figuring this out alone is a month a competitor spends learning from someone who already solved it.

SaaStock USA 15th and 16th April will be the room where that changes. Austin will become the AI intelligence hub for 2 days.

If you're building B2B software in 2025 and you're not in this room, you're navigating one of the biggest platform shifts in a generation without a map.

See you in Austin. 👇 Drop a comment if you're coming — I want to connect.

B2B marketing is being rewritten in real time. Are you keeping up?

Next week in London, 4th March, SaaStock is bringing together our community for an intimate afternoon with one of the sharpest minds in B2B SaaS marketing — Kady Srinivasan, CMO at Freshworks.

Kady has built and scaled marketing at Dropbox, Klaviyo, and you.com. She's flying in from San Francisco and is giving us her afternoon to dig into something every B2B marketer is grappling with right now:

→ How AI is fundamentally changing B2B buying behaviour
→ What GTM motions actually work in 2026
→ Where most SaaS companies are getting it wrong — and what to do instead

This is an intimate SaaStock community session. Only 25 spots remain.

If you're a founder, CMO, or marketing leader trying to figure out what 'good' looks like in the AI era — this is the room to be in.

Link to grab your spot in the comments

Business Development @ThirstySprout. Helping AI, Fintech, and Healthcare companies hire top-tier engineering talent fast.

Hey there, thanks for stopping by!

Just a quick bit about me:

I'm Nawal, and I'm on a mission to be the best at Relationship Building and Sales🚀

Currently, I'm working at ThirstySprout and Homebase, where I am responsible for building and maintaining relationships, responsible for doing constant follow-ups to keep them on our radar and eventually turning them into a customer, Why? Because at ThirstySprout, we help companies build top engineering teams that will blow their socks off! 💥

I started my online and earning journey about 2.5 years ago, starting as a data entry guy (yeah, I was scrapping researched data from different websites and job boards for cold outreach campaigns!). Let me tell you, the data I've scrapped has generated some serious leads for our company! 💪. 

This developed my interest in sales and then I moved on to learning and pursuing relationship building, learned how to make and maintain relationships, how to generate warm and how to keep following up, not in a salesy way.

I'm all about constantly improving and testing new strategies. AB testing everything, implementing what works, and tossing out what doesn't. It's a wild ride, but loving it 🎢

If you're looking to build top engineering teams and want to see some serious results, shoot me a DM or email me at nawal@thirstysprout.io. I'd love to chat and show you how ThirstySprout can help you crush it

We are already working with Intuit, Meta, T-Mobile, Retell AI and many high-growth startups. Let's connect and make some magic happen ✨

Also, visit thehomebase.ai for insights that we are sharing on how founders are building game-changing companies leveraging AI.

Yours's truly
Nawal

Nawal Ahmad

For anyone job-hunting in AI startups or looking to build strong connections with founders.

Here is a new list of 15 growing AI startups that recently raised funding. (some are even hiring)

mimic founded by Elvis Nava - AI and robotics to automate tedious tasks across industries. (few open roles)

Inception founded by Stefano Ermon - Develops diffusion LLMs for low-latency use cases. (hiring for engineering roles)

SportAI founded by Lauren Pedersen - AI-Driven Technique Analysis Solutions for Sports Businesses (hiring for couple engineering roles)

Tenzai founded by Pavel Gurvich - Empowers organisations to unlock AI’s potential through accessible solutions. 

Theo Ai founded by Patrick Ip - Platform that predicts legal dispute outcomes using AI. 

Polygraf AI founded by Yagub Rahimov - AI security company with locally deployed, explainable, and auditable Small Language Models. (hiring for various engineering role)

Bindwell founded by Navvye Anand - Biotech company that uses AI to develop safer pesticides. (hiring for few roles)

Ruli founded by Bryan Lee- AI teammate for in-house counsel to boost efficiency and collaboration. (few open roles) 

PoobahAI founded by Mant Hawkins - AI-powered tools designed to simplify the creation of Web3 projects. 

Digs founded by Ryan Fink - AI-powered platform for pre-construction planning, docs, and handover. 

GitLaw founded by Nick Holzherr - AI companion that simplifies legal work. (4 engineering open roles)

Uare.ai founded by Robert LoCascio - Pioneering Individual AI for creativity, mentorship, and smart decisions. (hiring for various roles)

Orion founded by Rahul Thayil - Cybersecurity firm offering AI-powered threat intel for risk teams. 

Keeyu founded by Jevon Le Roux - AI platform for e-com that fixes order issues preemptively.

Barker founded by Madelaine D'Angelo - AI-backed platform that warranties alt asset prices and covers losses.

Please drop a like if you like this list, and follow me for curated lists of fast-growing AI startups and founder stories.

Career pages link is in the comments!

99% of AI’s potential is untapped - Learn how companies win with AI @ Homebase AI | ThirstySprout: Hire World’s Top Tech & AI Talent | Partnerships at Homebase and ThirstySprout

For anyone exploring roles at AI startups or looking to build strong connections with founders.

Here is a list of 15 pre-seed AI startups that have raised funding. (some are even hiring)

Interhuman AI founded by Frederik Sally - Developing social-aware AI for real-time communication.

Morfeu AI founded by Sali Igbal Ferad - Generative AI that turns text prompts into pro-grade videos.

Spike AI founded by Shrestha Pratik - AGI platform that autonomously optimizes websites.

Palabra.ai founded by Artem Kukharenko - AI platform for real-time speech translation across events, calls, and streaming.

Zenline AI founded by Arber Sejdiji - AI-powered retail assortment optimization with product data and insights.

Meshed founded by Vincent Liu 🤖 - AI-driven insurance broking with real-time coverage and fewer tasks.

Holiwise founded by Albin Eriksson Lippe - AI-powered platform using in-house models to reinvent premium travel.

Better Medicine founded by Priit Salumaa - Advancing medical care with AI and medical imaging innovations.

Suitpax founded by Alberto Zurano - AI-powered B2B travel management for business solutions.

Gravity founded by Lucas Thelosen - AI-Powered Analyst that drives smarter decision-making.

Nextvisit founded by Faisal Rafiq MD. - Generates clinical notes in seconds, freeing providers to focus on care.

Nyne.ai founded by Michael Fanous - AI-powered data to find buyers right when they’re ready.

PITZ founded by Natalia Salcedo Franco - AI Software for the Automotive aftermarket

Propane founded by Dennis Green-Lieber 🇩🇰 🇪🇺 🤖 🚀 - The OS for AI-native Customer Intelligence.

If you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for weekly curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Career pages links are in the comments!

If you’re an engineer looking to work in AI, this list is for you.

Here are 15 fast-growing AI companies building real products and hiring engineers and tech talent.

Retell AI founded by Bing Wu - AI voice platform for human-like call center automation. (hiring for various engineering roles)

Suno founded by Mikey Shulman - AI Music generator that generates full songs from simple text prompts instantly. (hiring for various engineering roles)

Elyos AI founded by Adrian Johnston - Autonomous AI agent automating trades and field service workflows. (various open roles)

Brandlight founded by Imri Marcus - AI platform to monitor and optimize brand presence. (hiring for various engineering roles) 

Upstage founded by Sung Kim - AI document engine for data extraction and workflow automation. (various engineering open roles)

Massive Bio founded by Selin Kurnaz, PhD - AI oncology platform matching patients with clinical trials. (various open roles)

Mytra founded by Chris Walti - Robotics platform automating warehouse logistics. (various open roles)

Yoodli AI Roleplays founded by Varun Puri - AI learning platform for better communication. (various open roles)

Cimulate AI founded by John Andrews - Generative AI company optimizing customer journeys in commerce. (hiring for various engineering roles)

Biorce founded by Pedro Coelho - Clinical AI assistant for faster, cheaper trials. (various open roles)

Rilla founded by Michael Castellanos - AI virtual ride-along that analyzes field sales conversations. (various open roles)

Hex founded by Caitlin Colgrove - AI workspace unifying SQL, Python, R, and no-code analytics. (various open roles)

LiveKit founded by Russ d'Sa - Cloud platform for real-time communication and AI apps. (various open roles)

Iambic Therapeutics founded by Thomas Miller - AI drug discovery platform transforming therapeutics. (various open roles)

Anterior founded by Abdel Mahmoud, MD - AI platform to monitor, analyze, and optimize brand presence.

If you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for weekly curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Career pages links are in the comments!

For anyone job-hunting in AI startups or looking to build strong connections with founders.

Here is another list of 15 AI companies pushing the boundaries and actively hiring engineers and talent like you.

Massive Bio founded by Selin Kurnaz, PhD - AI oncology platform that matches cancer patients to clinical trials. (80+ open roles)

Mytra founded by Chris Walti - Software-defined robots that automates warehouse logistics. (various Engineering and more open roles)

GenLogs founded by Ryan Joyce - AI freight intelligence via roadside truck mapping. (hiring for Engineering, Sales, Product, and more)

SynthBee, Inc. founded by Rony Abovitz - Computing intelligence platform that accelerates human innovation. (hiring for Engineering, TA and Program Manager)

Isomorphic Labs founded by Max Jaderberg - AI-driven solutions for drug discovery and development. (30 open roles)

Backslash Security founded by Shahar Man - Security for applications and AI-driven development. (Product and Engineering roles)

Machina Labs founded by Edward Mehr - Manufacturing through Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. 

Rezolve AI founded by Udaya Bhaskar Reddy - AI-powered auto-resolution for employee support. (Engineering, AI, Design, and more roles)

Ricursive Intelligence founded by Anna Goldie - AI-designed silicon that speeds up chip development. (hiring for Engineering, Ops, and more roles)

Goodfire founded by Eric Ho - AI lab making models understandable and debuggable. (hiring for engineering roles)

Cognition founded by Scott Wu - Applied AI lab for reasoning and code. (40+ open roles)

Upstage founded by Sung Kim - AI language and document engine for data extraction, analysis, and workflows. (various open roles)

Anterior founded by Abdel Mahmoud, MD - AI platform that speeds up health insurance approvals. (hiring for technical staff)

Newo.ai founded by Luba Rein - Cloud platform for AI agents handling voice, text, and chat. (hiring for VP of Engineering)

Synthpop - Healthcare AI founded by Elad Ferber - AI that automates admin work for healthcare providers. (hiring for Sr. Solution Engineer)

These companies are solving real problems with AI and need top talent like you. 

Explore their teams and find your perfect fit. Career page links are available in the comments!

If you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Looking to join a high-growth AI startup?

Here is a list of 14 AI companies that secured series A funding. (some are even hiring too)

AiPrise founded by Chaitanya Sarda - AI powered compliance platform to verify businesses globally.

Mem0 founded by Taranjeet Singh - SaaS company that specializes in memory layers for LLM applications. 

Lyzr AI founded by Anirudh Narayan - AI-powered enterprise framework for building multi-agent workflows.

Arya Health founded by Kunal Sarda - AI-powered platform improving healthcare workforce management through automation.

Finster AI founded by Siddhant Jayakumar - AI-driven financial research platform for asset managers and investment bankers.

Starbridge founded by Justin Wenig 💫 - GTM intelligence platform for selling to government and education sectors.

Strella founded by Lydia Hylton - AI SaaS for fast, continuous user research by product teams.

ExaCare AI founded by Laird Russell - AI agents for faster admissions, smarter billing, and better outcomes in skilled nursing.

Datacurve founded by Serena Ge - Specializes in high-volume, premium training data to advance AI for coding.

ChipAgents founded by William Yang Wang - Agentic AI for chip design, boosts RTL productivity 10x for faster, smarter innovation.

Coverbase founded by Clarence Chio - AI procurement platform automating vendor intake, risk, and contracts.

Grasp founded by Richard Karlsson - AI platform that maps global businesses and delivers market insights.

Riff founded by Trygve Karper - First business-ready AI app builder for teams to connect data and get work done.

WellTheory founded by Ellen Rudolph - Virtual care platform for autoimmune and inflammatory condition treatment.

Some of these companies are hiring and need top talent like you. The career page link is in the comments!

Also, if you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for weekly curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Looking to join a high-growth AI startup?

Here is a list of 16 AI startups backed by Y Combinator that are hiring engineers and technical talent!

Jason Wang from Roe - Gen-AI native risk platform for money industry who deals with high risk merchants.

Tushar Nair from Harper (YC W25) - AI-native commercial insurance brokerage.

Vaishant Kameswaran from Greptile - AI expert that understands your codebase, as an API.

Mukund Tibrewala from Salient - AI agents built for US consumer lenders.

Sashank Gondala from FurtherAI - AI Workforce for the Insurance Industry.

Albert Mao from VectorShift - No Code AI Automation Platform.

David Graunke from SafetyKit - AI-Powered Trust and Safety Automation.

Jarren Reid from Usul - An AI company building the future of defense industry services.

Colin Murphy from Method - Financial connectivity API for consumer liabilities.

Amrutha Gujjar from Waldium - Build data apps with AI.

Mac Klinkachorn from Trellis AI - AI-powered workflow for unstructured data.

Brandon Severin from Conductor Quantum - AI software to enable scalable quantum computers

Anthony Krivonos from Toma - AI workforce for automotive dealerships.

Manu Vanderveeren from Spott - Building the next generation ATS & CRM for executive search firms.

Luke Lombardi from Beam - AI Infrastructure for Developers

These companies are solving problems with AI and need talent like you.

If you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for weekly curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Career pages links are in the comments!

Here is another list of 15 AI startups redefining industries with AI agents, driving revenue, cutting costs, and streamlining operations (some are even hiring)

Outtake founded by Alex Arjun Dhillon - Agentic AI for cyber defense (hiring for various engineering roles)

IntuigenceAI founded by Moe Tanabian - AI agent powering advanced generative solutions for industrial data (hiring for various remote engineering roles)

Daytona founded by Ivan Burazin - Cloud infrastructure for AI agents to run tools securely (hiring for various engineering roles)

Syllable AI founded by Kobus Jooste - Helps build and deploy AI voice agents. (hiring for engineering and product role)

Nexxa.ai founded by Philipp Wehn - AI for industrial engineering (hiring for engineering roles)

Intento, Inc. founded by Konstantin Savenkov - AI agent for enterprise localization.

Envive AI (formerly Spiffy AI) founded by Matthew Peters  - AI agents boosting sales through personalized commerce (hiring account executive) 

Insight Health AI, Inc. founded by Jaimal Soni - AI clinical agent for specialist physicians in high demand (hiring account executive)

Narrativa AI founded by David Llorente - Generative AI SaaS to automate, optimize, and grow.

Amnic founded by Nimish Joshi - AI agent FinOps OS giving businesses clarity on every cloud dollar.

Caseflood.ai (YC W25) founded by Ethan Hilton - AI Agent legal tech company that qualifies, intakes, closes, and retains clients.

Tana founded by Tarjei Munthe Vassbotn - AI-powered knowledge management for everyday work.

Blaxel (YC X25) founded by Nicolas Lecomte - Cloud infrastructure to deploy and scale AI agents.

DeAgentAI founded by Yves-Alexandre Kolter d'Ouradou - AI agent network for customized decentralized platforms.

11Sight founded by Aleks Gollu - Conversational AI agents for automotive and hospitality.

Some of these companies are hiring and need top talent like you. The career page link is in the comments!

Please drop a like if you like this list, and follow me for curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

List of 15 companies redefining industries with AI agents, driving revenue, cutting costs, and streamlining complex operations. (Some are even hiring)

DroneDeploy founded by Mike Winn - Powers field teams with Robotics and AI

Legit Security founded by Lior Barak - AI platform to detect, prioritize, and fix security issues.

Factory founded by Matan Grinberg - AI agents automating complex workflows.

Composio founded by Karan Vaidya - Toolset for AI agents to operate apps and systems.

Hatch founded by Chris Bache - Conversational AI platform to automate sales chats from one workspace.

Aisera founded by Abhi Maheshwari - Agentic AI that automates enterprise service operations.

Maisa founded by David Villalon - Agentic process automation platform that enhances the performance of AI and LLM.

uiAgent founded by Enes Witwit - AI Agents for Accountants.

Summation founded by Ian Wong - AI agent for enterprises to uncover insights and automate strategy.

Emergence AI founded by Satya Nitta - Tech company building AI agent systems for enterprises.

Credo AI founded by Navrina Singh - AI governance platform to automate oversight, risk, and compliance.

WorkFusion founded by Adam Famularo - AI agents to automate financial crime compliance and back-office operations.

MiniMax founded by Yeyi Yun - Multimodal AI for generating text, audio, image, video, and music.

OnFinance AI founded by Anuj Srivastava - Generative AI company behind NeoGPT, built for the BFSI industry.

AegisAI founded by Cy Khormaee - Next-gen email security powered by self-driving AI agents.

Some of these companies are hiring and need top talent like you. The career page link is in the comments!

Please drop a like if you like this list, and follow me for curated lists of fast-growing AI startups and founder stories.

AI is transforming healthcare faster than ever.

Here’s a list of 15 fast-growing AI startups in healthcare that raised funding, and some are even hiring

Dyania Health - NLP to match patients to clinical trials.

Albert Invent - One platform empowering R&D teams with data-driven insights.

Rad AI - The Generative Al Leader in Healthcare

New Lantern - Accelerates radiology with cloud & AI-powered medical image analysis.

AQEMIA - Scale Drug Discovery with Quantum-inspired Physics and AI

Bioptimus - Building foundation models that will transform biology.

Upheal - The first smart platform for mental health clinicians.

Bifrost AI - Unlock Physical AI with Limitless Synthetic Data.

DeepLife - AI for digital twin of cells.

Biostate AI - Generative AI to predict how each living being's health changes.

Anatomy Financial - Automating financial workflows for healthcare.

Liom - The first health wearable monitoring glucose non-invasively.

MetaNovas Biotech - Develops drugs, dietary supplements, functional foods, and cosmetics using AI technology.

RAAPID INC - Accurate, Compliant, and Efficient AI-Powered Risk Adjustment Technology

Oxford Cancer Analytics - Startup that uses machine learning and liquid biopsy for early lung cancer detection.

If you are hiring, please mention your company in the comments and follow me for weekly curated lists of fast-growing AI startups.

Career pages links are in the comments!

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