1. BCG 보고서 - 'AI 퍼스트 SaaS'로의 전환: 3조 달러 규모의 소프트웨어 시장 재편전통적인 SaaS 플레이북의 폐기 및 창업자 정신 회귀: 기존의 점진적 최적화 방식에서 벗어나 수익을 두 배 이상 증대시킬 수 있는 파괴적 제품 개발을 위해 리스크를 감수하는 초기 스타트업 단계의 제품 집착력 요구.효율과 혁신을 분리한 '트윈 엔진(Twin-engine)' 전략 수립: 핵심 사업부는 AI 에이전트를 통한 업무 재설계로 운영 마진을 20%포인트 개선하고, 확보된 현금 흐름을 독립된 AI 혁신 부서에 재투입하여 신규 가치 창출 시도.기성 기업의 도메인 지식과 데이터 주권의 전략적 활용: 기존...

Despite recent pessimism regarding the future of SaaS, AI represents a $3 trillion-plus opportunity for software companies. However, developing AI-powered products capable of doubling revenue or more requires CEOs to abandon the traditional SaaS playbook.Building transformative products demands the risk-taking, product-obsessed mindset typically seen during a company’s earliest startup phase.Funding these initiatives requires organizations to reshape themselves around agentic AI tools, beginning with product and engineering functions.AI has...

No-display health trackers, including the Oura Ring, Whoop band and new Google Fitbit Air, offer more continuous monitoring than smartwatches.U.S. purchases of fitness trackers grew 88% between 2024 and 2025, with smart-ring purchases alone increasing 195%.Screenless trackers offer longer battery life, enabling the continuous collection of data for predictive health insights.Many screenless trackers require subscriptions for detailed insights, and some people wear them alongside smartwatches.Chunky bands and rings are becoming increasingly p...

Too often, white-hot beauty labels fade fast.The question of longevity is plaguing founders, investors, and would-be acquirers alike. Despite the resounding popularity of beauty as a category and the frothy multiples top lines can command, many makers of skincare, haircare, fragrance, and makeup products grapple with declining interest and relevance over the years. Founders and executives feel pulled in different directions. In order to cut through in a hyper-competitive environment, they face pressure to create products and campaigns that g...

Plenitude is converting LED billboards to dark mode across Italy, Spain and France, cutting power draw by up to 74% and inviting other advertisers to follow.LED billboards consume substantially more power when displaying bright visuals, white backgrounds, and highly luminous imagery. The brighter the pixels, the higher the energy draw. Recognizing this, Plenitude has begun converting all of its LED advertising creative across stores in Italy and digital out-of-home (DOOH) placements in Italy, Spain, and France into dark-mode formats featurin...

UK-based startup NextAxis Design has introduced an unconventional new computer mouse called Ovo, an egg-shaped input device designed to reduce wrist strain and encourage more natural hand movement. Engineers and designers have experimented with alternatives to the traditional mouse for years, producing pen-shaped, flat, and even ring-style devices in an effort to improve ergonomics and reduce repetitive stress injuries. Ovo takes that experimentation further by replacing the conventional flat-surface mouse interaction entirely.The Ovo mouse...

Over the past few years, as more and more IT services were moved to the cloud, the market for cloud infrastructure services grew manifold. According to Synergy Research, cloud infrastructure service revenues jumped $90 billion to $419 billion last year, an almost ninefold increase since 2017. And while the market's growth had gradually and naturally slowed to just below 20 percent in 2023, the rise of generative AI and the corresponding cloud computing needs have led to a re-acceleration of growth - which is remarkable given the market's siz...

SiranBio And GSK Enter License Agreement For Oligonucleotide Candidate Targeting Metabolic And Vascular Risk Across Lung, Liver And Kidney Disease.SA030 targets ALK7, an established mechanism for addressing cardiometabolic diseasePhase I potential first-in-disease asset with differentiated fat-cell directed deliveryTargeting abdominal fat and cardiometabolic disease could significantly improve survival in people with inflammatory conditions beyond current therapiesCardiometabolic disease is the leading cause of death in approximately 50% of...

Most of the time, air is invisible in the worst way. You don’t notice it when it’s clean. But the moment it isn’t, when the room feels stuffy, dry, or just a bit off, you suddenly become very aware of it. That’s usually when people start looking into air purifiers. Maybe a humidifier too. Sometimes both. And then comes the realization: more devices, more maintenance, more filters to replace… again and again.CUE Air Washer 2-in-1 Purifier and Humidifier takes a slightly different approach. Instead of relying on disposable filters, it lea...