Archive - Sarah Tavel's Newsletter

My New Role at Benchmark

Apr 29 •

February 2025

James Raybould on Being AI-Forward

Second post in series interviewing people on how they use AI

Feb 3 •

January 2025

September 2024

Thinking through the future for LLM companies... and what this means for B2B AI startups

In my last post I talked through the big stack game of poker that is happening with the LLM players.

Sep 26, 2024 •

August 2024

The big stack game of LLM poker

The next few years is going to make the "$600B Question" look small

Aug 20, 2024 •

April 2024

January 2024

A few "Sell Work, Not Software" updated thoughts

I am grateful for all the conversations I've had with founders tackling "sell work, not software" opportunities. Some follow-up reflections from those…

Jan 19, 2024 •

August 2023

AI startups: Sell work, not software

For the past 25 years, application software startups have had a singular focus: increasing company and employee (including developer) productivity.

Aug 21, 2023 •

July 2023

The Mitochondria in Startups

On hiring and retaining employees who act more like founders than employees (update to 2016 post)

Jul 25, 2023 •

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