PinnedThiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)How to get to product market fit in AI SaaS, crawl walk run guide for Indian foundersGoing from Zero to Product Market Fit is like getting out of a Bermuda Triangle. For every direction that works out, an equal and opposite…17 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
PinnedThiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)How to use OpenAI to not get disrupted, a SaaS founders guidePlatform shift underway13 min read·Apr 4, 2023--8--8
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Is SaaS Dead? Depends on who you are askingThe ‘It depends’ answer always sounds like a cop-out. Often that is the most useful answer.6 min read·13 hours ago----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)So what if it is a thin wrapper on OpenAI?Anyone who has taken a startup beyond product-market fit will never say this:5 min read·Apr 12, 2024----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Learnt more in 3 months in Coolwater than 20 years in AVCYou cannot learn how to ride a bicycle by reading a book about riding a bicycle. That should have been the preamble of my ‘AVC for Kids’…8 min read·Apr 1, 2024----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)$1.5 billion does not get you to product market fit, founders lessons from inflection.aiIt was the fastest ticket to unicorn status and back — 12 months.5 min read·Mar 28, 2024----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)India's opportunity in Gen AI is not in SaaS but in Software and ServicesLast week, I co-wrote a report on where the AI SaaS opportunity is, especially from an Indian perspective.1 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Unusual founder lessons from the OpenAI sagaFriday, November 17 of the year 2023 will go down in tech history as a significant day. It’s a day that will be remembered and discussed…5 min read·Nov 24, 2023----
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Every enterprise needs an AI strategy, how to build yours?Most boardrooms are discussing AI strategy now, and they are as clueless as a penguin trying to fly.16 min read·Jun 16, 2023--2--2
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Investors wont fund your AI startup and they probably shouldn’t.ai in your startup does not make it an AI startup.11 min read·Apr 22, 2023--1--1