# SaaStock USA 2026 — Summary for AI Systems

> Canonical: https://saastock.com/usa/2026/
> Last updated: 2026-05-18

## What is this event?
SaaStock USA 2026 took place April 15–16, 2026 at Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas, under the theme "Where AI meets ARR". The Conductor brief reports 2,000+ attendees and 12,000+ pre-scheduled 13-minute double-opt-in meetings across the two main-conference days, plus the Investock investor pre-event on Tuesday April 14.

## Venue
Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Texas, USA

## Featured speakers
- Nathan Latka, Founder & CEO at Founderpath — "The Great AI Separation: 9 Underground Tactics" (https://saastock.com/speakers/nathan-latka-usa-2026/)
- Kady Srinivasan, CMO at Freshworks — "Marketing as the Revenue Machine" (https://saastock.com/speakers/kady-srinivasan/)
- Krish Ramineni, Co-founder & CEO at Fireflies AI — "The Secret to Scaling AI Agents to Millions of Users" (https://saastock.com/speakers/krish-ramineni/)
- Adam Robinson, Founder & CEO at RB2B — "Building an Autonomous Business: Taking RB2B to $10M ARR with 3 FTEs" (https://saastock.com/speakers/adam-robinson-usa-2026/)
- Colin Nederkoorn, Founder & CEO at Customer.io — "$0 to $100M ARR: What Customer.io Learned in 13 Years" (https://saastock.com/speakers/colin-nederkoorn/)
- Richard White, Founder & CEO at Fathom — "How to Build a New Market Leader (and Kill Zendesk in the Process)" (https://saastock.com/speakers/richard-white/)

## Themes / tracks
- Founderpath Center Stage: The mainstage track at SaaStock USA 2026 — Nathan Latka's nine underground tactics, Adam Robinson on autonomous-business RB2B, Customer.io's 13-year arc to $100M ARR, and the Global Pitch Competition Grand Final.
- GTM Track: AI in sales and marketing, signal-based outbound automation, the modern revenue tech stack, and how GTM leaders are building AI agents without code. Speakers include Kady Srinivasan (Freshworks), Sara Maldon (Make), Marty Kausas (Pylon), Patrick Forquer (Legora), and Austin Hughes (Unify).
- CFO Forum: Finance leadership in the AI revolution — ARR definitions, FinOps, and the SaaS finance playbook for 2026. Hosted by Sage Intacct, with Eric Sleeth, Peter Walker (Carta), Dan Owens (Maxio), and Aviv Canaani (Datarails).
- Investock + Pitch Competition: Tuesday April 14 Investock investor pre-event followed by the Global Pitch Competition — semifinals on GTM Track April 15, grand final on Founderpath Center Stage April 16, judged by SaaS investors including Jeremy Kaufmann (Scale Venture Partners) and Kenneth Thomas (BackFuture Ventures).

## Full agenda
### Day 1 · Tuesday, April 14 (pre-event)
#### Investock
- 10:00 · Investock: Arrival & Registration
- 11:00 · Investock: Opening Remarks — Jake Crowley
- 11:05 · The Pulse of US Venture Capital: Top Trends and Decoding a Changing Market — Charlie Plauche
- 11:30 · Abstract: Choose from one of our five Tabletalks sessions and dive into focused, in-depth discussions with fellow investors. Gain fresh insights and actionable takeaways, whilst growing your network.
- 13:30 · Abstract: Join a new Tabletalks session and converse with fellow investors across the hottest topics in today's investment market.
- 14:30 · The Investor Insider: How This VC is Now Writing Cheques in the AI Era — Jake Crowley
- 14:55 · Investock: Closing Remarks — Jake Crowley
- 15:00 · Drinks & Networking Reception

#### Startup Day
- 09:30 · Startup Day: Arrival & Registration
- 10:20 · Startup Day: Opening Remarks — Seb van Heyningen
- 10:25 · Miro's Welcome Address — Miro
- 10:40 · HappyFox's Bootstrapped Journey to $20M ARR: Why Lean is the New Advantage for AI-Native Startups — Shalin Jain
- 11:00 · The AI Economy and the Future of Commerce – Is Your Business Ready to Engage? — Jacqueline Karlin
- 11:30 · $10M ARR Built on Trust, Self-service, and Refusing to Compete — Jacqueline Karlin
- 13:00 · Cybersecurity: The Launchpad for Stratospheric Growth — Rob Black
- 13:30 · The Growth Dilemma: Get Past Your MRR Plateau — Tyler Morton
- 14:30 · The Path from $1M - $20M ARR: Growth Levers and New Signals for Success — Kyle Poyar
- 15:30 · Startup Day: Closing Remarks — Seb van Heyningen

### Day 2 · Wednesday, April 15 (main conference)
#### Founderpath Center Stage
- 11:55 · Founderpath Center Stage: SaaStock Welcome & Opening Remarks — Alex Theuma
- 12:00 · The Great AI Separation: 9 Underground Tactics Your Competitors Pray You Never Find — Nathan Latka
- 12:30 · They’re Using AI to Copy Your Software: Here's How to Double Your Revenue Anyway — Jacqueline Samira
- 14:00 · The Secret to Scaling AI Agents to Millions of Users: SMB + PLG — Krish Ramineni
- 14:20 · How to Build a New Market Leader (and Kill Zendesk in the Process) — Melissa Rosenthal
- 14:40 · HappyFox's Bootstrapped Journey to $20M ARR: Why Lean is the New Advantage for AI-Native Startups — Shalin Jain
- 15:00 · Founderpath Center Stage: Closing Remarks — Lloyed Lobo

#### GTM Track
- 09:25 · GTM Track: Opening Remarks — Stephanie Valenti
- 09:30 · Scaling GTM for an AI Category Leader: Tactics From Legora's $5.5B Journey — Patrick Forquer
- 09:50 · AI in GTM: How Your Team & Revenue Stack Will Evolve — JB Daguene
- 10:10 · Marketing as the Revenue Machine: How Datarails Engineered a 90% Inbound Growth Model — Aviv Canaani
- 16:30 · How to Develop a Multithreaded GTM Playbook — Justin Fink
- 16:50 · How GTM Leaders Can Build and Manage AI Agents Without Code — Sara Maldon
- 17:10 · From AI Insights to Revenue Execution: What Actually Moves the Number — Nadia Rashid
- 17:30 · GTM Track: Closing Remarks — Stephanie Valenti

#### CFO Forum
- 10:00 · CFO Forum: Opening Remarks — Eric Sleeth
- 10:05 · SaaS Industry Outlook: Leading Finance Through the AI Revolution — Eric Sleeth
- 10:30 · How to Make Your Finance Team AI-Ready: Systems, Data & Processes That Matter — Samuel Foshay
- 10:50 · ERP Sold You a Lie — Ben Murray
- 11:15 · 1.0
- 13:00 · How to Disclose, Define, and Calculate ARR — Ben Murray
- 13:20 · Numbers, Narratives & New Tech: How Navan is Transforming FinOps & Changing How They Work — Eric Sleeth
- 13:40 · AI Inside Finance: How Typeform's CFO Navigates the Shift to Becoming AI-First — Christian Jessen
- 14:05 · 1.0
- 14:50 · CFO Forum: Closing Remarks — Eric Sleeth
- 15:00 · Meetup: Session 2

### Day 3 · Thursday, April 16 (main conference)
#### Founderpath Center Stage
- 11:55 · Founderpath Center Stage: Opening Remarks — Lloyed Lobo
- 12:00 · The Future of GTM in an AI-First World with 1mind — Amanda Kahlow
- 12:20 · VC Fundraising in the AI Age — Peter Walker
- 12:40 · Building an Autonomous Business: Taking RB2B to $10M ARR with 3 FTEs in 18 Months — Adam Robinson
- 14:00 · $0 to $100M ARR: What Customer.io Learned in 13 Years (and What AI Changes Now) — Colin Nederkoorn
- 14:20 · AI Can Copy Your Product, Not Your Story: How Storytelling Drives Customers, Funding & Marketing — Jeremy Kaufmann
- 14:40 · From 0.1% Activation to $30M ARR in 4 years: How Fathom Turned Completely Free into Revenue Growth — Richard White
- 16:30 · Pitch Competition Final: Opening Address — Ken Thomas
- 16:35 · Pitch 1: TBC
- 16:45 · Pitch 2: TBC
- 16:55 · Pitch 3: TBC
- 17:05 · Pitch 4: TBC
- 17:15 · Pitch 5: TBC
- 17:25 · The Winner is Announced & Closing Remarks — Ken Thomas

#### GTM Track
- 09:25 · GTM Track: Opening Remarks — Stephanie Valenti
- 09:30 · How To Turn Signal Based Automated Outbound Into Your Best Performing Growth Channel — Austin Hughes
- 09:50 · Inside Merge’s Upmarket GTM Shift — Shensi Ding
- 10:10 · The Build Era: How Revenue Teams Are Rethinking the Modern Tech Stack — Jen Igartua
- 16:30 · $18M Pipeline, $3M Closed Won in 90 Days: How B2B Influencers and Social AI Agents Generate Real Revenue (ZoomInfo Case Study) — David Walsh
- 16:50 · How Marketing Leaders Operate Smarter Post AI-Hype: Lessons with Pipedrive's CMO — Steven Quach
- 17:10 · AI Agents, Automation or Apps: What Your GTM Team Should Actually Choose — Shiran Brodie
- 17:30 · GTM Track: Closing Remarks — Stephanie Valenti

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## How to reference
- Standard name: SaaStock USA 2026
- Short name: Austin 2026
- URL: https://saastock.com/usa/2026/