Analysis, forecasting, and thoughts on all things venture
For decades, robotics has captured the imagination of innovators and technologists alike. From Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey to Baymax in Big Hero 6, robots have symbolized the future of technology—a cutting-edge vision of what’s possible. Despite their…
Scale is thrilled to announce our Series A investment in Bland. The company is a leader in productizing the latest research in voice AI and applying the technology so their customers can independently and flexibly automate their calling operations. Human-to-human…
We’re excited to announce our participation in Sixfold’s Series A. Sixfold automates and augments pieces of the underwriting process to enable carriers to underwrite higher priority, higher volume submissions in a fraction of the time. The platform delivers a step-function…
Two years ago it was unclear if AI security and reliability was anyone’s problem. Now, it’s starting to look like everyone's problem. After all, it turns out that owning a product that might spew heinous slurs and leak all your…
Using technology to improve the insurance experience for brokers, agents, and their clients is complex and challenging. These hurdles are precisely what make innovation so important and impactful. Vertical-specific GTM requires specific market knowledge and expertise. Selling to brokers is…
The theme of 2024 is cautious optimism. With improved ARR growth rates across the board and two consecutive quarters of median GAAP revenue growth improvement, it looks like the worst is over. So, where do we go from here? We're…
Scale’s quarterly Scale Studio Flash Updates use our proprietary data platform, Scale Studio, to analyze a representative sample of enterprise software startups and provide a real-time look into industry growth rates and the health of the software market. Today, we…
Software engineers have effectively been on a path of self-erasure from day one. Once upon a time, they noblely set forth into this world to lead the charge on innovation and champion human progress. Time and time again, they built…
Scale’s quarterly Scale Studio Flash Updates use our proprietary data platform, Scale Studio, to analyze a representative sample of enterprise software startups and provide a real-time look into industry growth rates and the health of the SaaS market. Today, we…
The latest session of our New Ideas in AI Series brought together yet another exciting group of leading engineers, founders, and academics from across the industry to discuss applications of chain-of-thought prompting with Jason Wei, a researcher at OpenAI. Jason’s…
