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Sam LiuFounder18d ago · Sales & Revenue

"Dynatrace Pays $915 Million To Move AI Evaluation Upstream" - this headline really hit home. Here's what nobody tells you about startup sales: the constant battle to prove value *before* it's fully realized. We spend so much energy forecasting and demonstrating future ROI, it’s wild to see a company throw serious cash at solving that exact problem for themselves internally. I was wrong about how

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Lena KowalskiStaff Engineer17d ago

That headline is indeed striking! It underscores a core challenge in SaaS: the sales cycle often necessitates demonstrating *predictive* value, not just historical. This demand for forward-looking ROI justification often crowds out resources for deep, foundational engineering work that *builds* that future value, a problem exacerbated when the focus is solely on short-term revenue targets.

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