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What is the history of the data integration space, and how did Fivetran rise within that market?

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What are some specific examples or use cases for data integration?

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How do the use cases for exporting data from a SaaS app differ from those for the results of an API call?

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Will the lack of a real-time pipeline be a future limitation for Fivetran?

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What are fair valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic?

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How is Shield AI doing as of August 2023?

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What are the technical challenges in creating connectors between apps and data warehouses?

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How does Fivetran's proprietary connector model work, and what are the pros and cons?

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How does Retool compete with other internal tools businesses such as Airplane and Superblocks?

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What are the best practices for treasury management for startups at different stages of growth?

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What's a sweep network and how is it different from manually diversifying funds across multiple banks?

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What misconceptions exist about Mercury that cause people to advise against using neobanks like it?

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Can Mercury combine day-to-day banking services with a risk-mitigating G-SIB bank account, without actually using the larger bank?

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How does Mercury ensure timely access to funds in the event that one of its partner banks fails, as seen when SVB collapsed?

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How does Mercury's business model compare to SVB's model as a bank, and how does Mercury approach building a robust business model as a tech layer?

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What are Mercury's current revenue sources and potential future revenue streams?

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How has Mercury diversified its customer base, and will the company focus on both the startup ecosystem and other customer segments such as VCs?

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What specific marketing expenses would creator economy platforms classify as cost of goods sold (COGS)?

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What is Journey's competitive positioning against website builder tools such as Wix and Squarespace?

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What are the main forces driving data integration and companies like Fivetran?

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What is the feasibility of top SaaS apps creating their own analytics suites to bypass data warehouses, and is this a viable solution?

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What are the pros and cons of centralizing data integration into one tool?

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What are the different types of gig marketplaces and how do they differ from one another?

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What are the major trends that have shaped the gig work marketplaces and how have they impacted the industry?

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What are the competitive advantages of horizontal and vertical gig marketplaces, and how do they compete with each other in the industry?

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How did the go-to-market strategy for the supply side of Upwork's platform evolve and inform product strategy over time?

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What was Upwork's demand-side GTM: start with SMB or enterprise?

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How does the business model of a traditional staffing agency differ from Upwork's model?

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Will Upwork shift towards being more of a staffing agency vs. a tech company, due to their focus on enterprise sales?

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What is the role and value of embedded SaaS in gig marketplaces like Workrise for workforce management?

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What benefits do companies gain from paying contractors through a gig platform, and what are the risks of taking those contractors off the platform?

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How is BigID doing as of May 2023?

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What incentives does Upwork offer to keep contractors using their platform in light of contractors operating across multiple platforms?

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What incentives are provided by Upwork to contractors to increase activity on the platform?

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Did Upwork and other gig marketplaces miss the opportunity to capture contractor payment/EOR market or was that new territory?

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What strategies can Upwork use to improve their margin profiles - is it about take rate, expansion into enterprise, or including additional services?

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What is your perspective on the notion that every B2B SaaS application will be built directly on the data warehouse?

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What is the typical configuration of Census for customers who use the platform for data integration?

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How does Zolve plan to leverage cross-selling of products like student loans to drive growth opportunities for the company?

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What measures does Zolve have in place to manage credit risk and customer delinquency?

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Why did Zolve decide to prioritize bank accounts and cards over remittances when entering the cross-border fintech space?

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How does Zolve monetize and what is its partnership with the Community Federal Savings Bank?

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What are Zolve's current target customer segments in India, and how does it plan to evolve its segment focus over time as the company grows?

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What is Upwork's persistent economic moat as marketplaces evolve: scale of talent, SaaS, or something else?

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What is the value of generative AI apps in content creation compared to human-generated content, and how can they complement each other?

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What has been driving the rapid adoption of generative AI tools in recent years, and what is the current state of their evolution?

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How did Jasper achieve such rapid growth within six months of launch, and what were the key drivers of early traction, customer adoption, and growth?

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How does Jasper collect user engagement signals for fine-tuning its models?

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Where does Jasper conduct its model fine-tuning, and who owns the fine-tuned models?

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What's the role of both GPT-3 models and Jasper's fine-tuned models in generating content, and how do they work together?

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