In enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS), usage-based pricing — a pricing model in which customers are charged only when they use a product or service — is gaining ground. According to a report from VC firm OpenView, approximately 60% of SaaS businesses offer some form of usage-based pricing today. Recently, Apigee, Google Cloud’s API management platform, made […]
Polar Signals wants to help companies cut cloud costs with more efficient code
A young startup is setting out to help enterprises cut their cloud costs by writing “more efficient” code — and it has secured $ 6.8 million in fresh funding from notable backers including Alphabet’s GV, Spark Capital, and Lightspeed. Polar Signals, as the company is called, kicked off its seed round back in 2021 with […]
Darwin AI gives small LatAm companies AI-powered sales assistant
Smaller companies are just as eager to use AI tech to supercharge their sales processes as their bigger competitors. However, they often lack the in-house IT expertise or the capital to implement enterprise-level tools, like OpenAI or Anthropic. Darwin AI, a Brazil-based AI startup, is developing a conversational AI assistant for small businesses across Latin […]
The Idol Personality Trait Companies Fake, Ex-MOMOLAND’s Daisy Reveals
Most fans love their bias for their personality just as much as they love them for their talent, but just how much of that personality is actually real? When a fan on TikTok asked former MOMOLAND member Daisy how much idols’ on-camera personalities are decided by their companies, the ex-K-Pop star recalled a story of […]
10 Groups That Were Sabotaged By Their Own Companies
These ten K-Pop groups had the potential to be huge but were severely mismanaged by their companies. 1. After School Pledis Entertainment is famous for not knowing how to treat girl groups, and After School is a perfect example. Their last Korean comeback was in 2013 with “First Love,” and the group was then shipped […]