Edition of Sunday, October 11, 2026

Atlassian’s Head of AI: We Bolted AI Onto 20+ Apps, Almost Didn’t Ship Chat, and Flipped Our Hiring Toward Juniors

Sherif Mansour has been at Atlassian for 17 years. He runs AI across the product portfolio and owns the product management craft, which means 450 PMs. Atlassian has more than 20 apps. Six were built in the gen AI era and the rest are years old. More than 5…

SaaStr AI App of the Week: Remote. The $300M Payroll Platform Your AI Agent Can Run

Remote is a seven-year-old global payroll and employment platform based in Amsterdam. It leaned in early to making payroll (and more) for distributed and global teams work, and is one of the most trusted vendors in the space. Its payroll business has passed…

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AEO for marketing operations: How to build scalable processes that connect AEO to revenue

Buyer behavior has changed since the advent of artificial intelligence. Now, before ever filling out a form or clicking an ad, prospects are likely asking AI for recommendations, comparing vendors, and gathering answers. Those interactions shape which…

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