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Good morning, innovators. The AI agent race just got a serious efficiency upgrade — Nvidia's new KV cache technique slashes model-switching compute by up to 25x, while the crypto world's most famous bear flips bullish and Google's lab-team playbook promises to change how you build products. Plus, we've got fresh benchmarks on AI customer support that every SaaS founder needs to see.

In today's briefing

  • 1.KV Cache Transfer Speeds Up AI Handoffs
  • 2.Crypto Bear Turns Bullish on Bitcoin
  • 3.AI Support Leaders Resolve 70% of Issues
  • 4.Google's Lab Team Approach to Innovation
  • ⚡Quick hits on other news
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💬Top AI Support Vendors Resolve 70% of Issues, Benchmark Finds

The Rundown: Gorgias benchmarks show AI support leaders outpace the median, while Okta's stock soars on AI momentum.

The details:

  • ●Gorgias benchmark shows top AI support vendors resolve ~70% of issues while the median only reaches 48%.
  • ●Okta tripled its stock despite just 11% growth, driven by AI market dynamics and new product bookings.
  • ●A16z market report: horizontal B2B trades at 2.7x revenue, and 55% of unicorns have under 2 years of runway.
Why it matters: SaaS leaders can't afford to ignore AI support — the top performers are nearly 50% better than the average. If you're not at 70% resolution, you're leaving revenue on the table. Also, the valuation multiples are a wake-up call for unicorns to extend runway and execute.

📰 Source: SaaStr

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