A new wave of enterprise software companies isn’t just adding AI—they’re rebuilding their products around it from day one. As Sapphire’s Andreas Weiskam shares in Sifted: “AI-native startups circumvent the barrier that bigger incumbents face when trying to change a legacy tech stack or company.” This shift is transforming how B2B SaaS companies build, sell, and scale—and it’s showing up in this year’s B2B SaaS Rising 100, co-sponsored by Sapphire Ventures. 27 companies on the ranking identified as AI-native. The top nine? All AI-native. And six of those are brand-new entrants. In a market where product velocity, customer adoption, and fundraising strategy are accelerating in tandem, read more about how AI-native startups are setting the pace and quickly becoming the expectation. 📖 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gfwtgZ8H 📥 Download the Rising 100 report: https://lnkd.in/gAgjVc2c
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