"In an ever-changing AI landscape, strategic launches don’t just ship products — they shape perception. Partner Saanya Ojha joined Akash Pasricha at @theinformation.com to discuss Sora’s launch strategy and how AI-native content is reshaping how we create, share and connect."

Most construction software is built for the back office. Klutch AI is built for the job site. Xu Rui combined real estate grit with Stripe/Microsoft tech chops to automate field ops right through SMS & WhatsApp. No logins. No overhead. Just results. baincapitalventures.com/insight/brin...

What happens when a viral moment tests a brand’s reputation? Allison Braley joins Web Summit in Lisbon next month for a panel on turning crisis into opportunity in today’s always-online world. Don’t miss it: websummit.com/sessions/lis...

A good idea isn’t a good business. As Mitt Romney said when he founded Bain Capital: “It requires a talented team, a good business plan and capital to execute.” Ideas inspire. Teams build. Capital scales.

Founders don’t just need advice. They need tangible help. Meet The Hive: BCV’s hands-on startup growth catalyst team for founders. 🤝Embedded in the work. 📈Focused on results. Learn more: baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

Loneliness isn’t just a feeling — it’s a public health crisis. And for millions of seniors, it’s part of daily life. Founded by Josh Sach, Meela is pioneering AI-powered emotional infrastructure for aging with dignity. Read more: bit.ly/469nqeK

AI’s next frontier isn’t cost-cutting, it’s revenue acceleration. 🚀 Startups like Crosby Legal, who are delivering AI products that remove friction and align pricing with customer success, will define the next generation of category leaders. 📖 baincapitalventures.com/insight/oper...

Aboon is reinventing how advisors offer retirement plans to their business owner clients. Founded by Nick Gavronsky & Amy Ouellette, Aboon uses AI to help advisors set up retirement plans in a day, not weeks. Read more about why we invested: baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

AI isn’t replacing recruiters — but it is reshaping the role. At an AI in Hiring panel, Matt Stephenson shared: 🧠 Biz buy-in still takes dashboards + updates 🚫 People ops shows up late—recruiters must step up 📊 New tools can finally benchmark early-career talent

NYC showed up late — and we loved it. Thanks to everyone who came to Cafe Compute’s first NYC pop-up. Coffee flowed, ideas sparked ☕🧠✨

We’ve backed emerging managers since 2017 — but this was a first. We hosted Emerge, a gathering of managers to swap ideas, share deal flow & support each other’s founders. From “how to announce your fund” to “what’s actually happening in AI” — the conversations didn’t disappoint!

What if enterprise IT projects didn’t take months and millions, but weeks or days at a fraction of the cost? That’s the vision behind Echelon: swapping offshore consultants for a fleet of AI agents while U.S. experts oversee quality control. Read more: baincapitalventures.com/insight/a-ne...

Scaling companies don’t need $1k/hr lawyers or late-night founder redlines. Crosby is building AI-powered contract automation: ⚡Faster reviews 💸Predictable pricing 🚀 More closed deals Read more about why co-led the Series A 👉 baincapitalventures.com/insight/cros...

AI pricing is shifting fast. Token models are losing favor, buyers want simplicity and ROI is the new anchor. The takeaway from sales leaders: you’re not selling AI — you’re selling outcomes. Read more: https://bit.ly/4nCEeAT

Are you a founder gearing up for your next big launch? 🚀 On Oct 7, Partner Allison Braley will join Jacky Huang and Melisa Seah on the Hard Launch 101 Panel for a discussion on storytelling and standing out from day one. This is one you don't want to miss. 👉 RSVP here: https://t.co/0dyYMBrQTT

Pricing your early-stage B2B AI SaaS isn’t a formula — it’s a framework 🖼️ Copy-pasting SaaS pricing models won’t cut it. Natalie Coletta shares a decision tree to help founders pick an initial path and know when to iterate. More here 👉 https://bit.ly/42YGs5p

Women in tech: how do you choose the right startup to join — and thrive once you’re there? On Oct 9, partner Merritt Hummer joins senior women leaders from Hightouch + Ramp for a candid panel on evaluating startups + building your career. 👉 RSVP: https://luma.com/plbbxq6h

Saanya Ojha compared notes with F100 CTOs about what’s driving (or stalling) AI adoption. The takeaways don’t show up in surveys, but are worth learning from: Enterprise AI isn’t failing because of the models. It’s the plumbing, people, and process. 📖 saanyaojha.substack.com/p/the-unsexy...

Your first recruiter isn’t just another hire. They build the team that builds the company. This guide from our talent team’s Austen Yueh shares how recruiters thrive early, how founders can help, and why recruiting is poker — not chess. 👉 talentyak.substack.com/p/building-a...

Hiring your first Head of Sales? It’s easy to overhire or overthink it. Find the builder who can scale what you started. Joe DiMento and Miranda Cornejo Piatt cover when to hire, who to target, and how to get it right. 👉 baincapitalventures.com/insight/bcv-...

In Bain Capital’s earliest days, even Mitt Romney wondered if it was a mistake. The history of innovation often starts that way — uncertainty first, conviction before consensus. What pushed our founders forward? Betting on themselves when no one else would.

AI is rewriting the hiring playbook. On Sept 25, Matt Stephenson joins leaders from Webflow, CoverGenius & Kula to share what’s hype vs. real — and how founders & TA leaders can actually get ahead. Seats are limited. RSVP: https://luma.com/lcvbpzpe?tk=sKf1SW

In the late ’90s, CEOs rushed to modernize with the internet — writing $10M+ checks for software. Today, the same thing is happening with AI. As Ajay Agarwal shares on TBPN, the best startups are selling vision—and they’re selling it straight to the CEO.

Cafe Compute is making its NYC debut on September 18 ☕🍩🧠 Snacks, serendipity & late-night hacking energy — the late-night pop-up coffeeshop + coworking space for AI builders, dreamers & tinkerers. RSVP: https://lu.ma/79m3ny1l?utm_source=BCV

A great Chief of Staff can change your company. A bad one can waste everyone’s time. From multiple startup CoS tours, Natalie Coletta shares: 🔹 The 4 CoS archetypes 🔹 How to hire for your stage 🔹 How to unlock their potential Read → baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

B2B support didn’t need another ticketing tool. It needed to be reimagined. As Slack/Teams became the frontline & AI unlocked faster workflows, Marty, Robert & Advith launched Pylon. Now, Pylon is redefining customer support & engagement. Read more: baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

AI agents are now on *both* sides of the cybersecurity battle. BCV partner and former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem shares what founders + CISOs need to win in 2025: 🔒 Invisible 🛡️ Invincible 💸 Inexpensive 3 battle-tested principles, one urgent read → baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-a...

NYC — meet your new late-night coworking spot. Cafe Compute is coming to NY this month! We’re teaming up with Cerebras Systems, Haize Labs, SF Compute, Structify & FLORA to bring you the late-night pop-up coffee shop where collabs start and ideas don’t sleep. ☕💡 RSVP here: lu.ma/79m3ny1l?utm...

Epic dropped its own AI scribe. A bold move that raises the question: is the EMR eating AI? To win, founders need to build what the EMR can’t: 📊Proprietary data 🔀 Workflow beyond the EMR 🤝 A product users love In short: Be the secret sauce. 🍜 Read more: baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-i...

The CRO role is being rewritten amid AI, tighter budgets and expanding scopes. That's why we launched the BCV CRO Advisory Board, bringing together 20+ revenue leaders to share insights & build tomorrow's playbooks.

Hiring your first Head of Sales? Find the builder who can scale what you started. Our latest piece breaks down: ✅ When to hire ✅ Who to target ✅ How to run a process that surfaces real capability ✅ And more Read the full piece: baincapitalventures.com/insight/bcv-...

Today we launch Polars Cloud and the Public Beta of our Distributed Engine. Read the post to get started! pola.rs/posts/polars...

Today’s AI apps? Same energy as late 90s enterprise software. Big-ticket sales. Executive storytelling. Custom demos. Back to the future. https://baincapitalventures.com/insight/what-s-old-is-new-ai-apps-go-back-to-the-future/

Congrats to the Felt team on their latest launch!

We first invested in @maintainx.bsky.social in 2023 as they set out to modernize how frontline teams operate. What started as a mobile-first work order system is now an AI-powered platform used by 11K+ companies.

Great insights from Apollo's AI Product Lead, Tyler Phillips:

Think you're ready to hire your first VP of Engineering? Ensure your timing is right and you know what to look for with our Field Guide for Hiring VPEs: baincapitalventures.com/insight/bcv-...

Hiring a Chief of Staff? Don’t wing it. There are four distinct archetypes, and it's critical to match the right one to your company stage. A quick guide 🧵

Meet Crosby Legal: the AI-first, full-stack law firm built for speed, with contracts turned in minutes, not days. We're happy to partner with them as they reimagine legal services as sales enablement.

1️⃣ 🚀 Big news: We just closed a $50M Series C-2 led by @baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down 🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...

What started in Bitcoin mining is now 8 buildings, 1.2 gigawatts, and 400,000 GPUs. Crusoe is powering AI infrastructure for OpenAI, as @emilychang.bsky.social reports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIJ...

The next Cafe Compute with Cerebras Systems is about celebrating Ws big and small. Co-work and 🥳 with us 5/20: lu.ma/kfifqpiy

Join us for an exclusive pre-launch party for @patrickmcgee.bsky.social's highly-anticipated book, 'Apple in China' 📅 : May 8th 🏢 : BCV SF 🔗 : lu.ma/BCVappleinch...

A founder's journey winds through a sea of skeptics. BCV's Saanya Ojha offers a playbook for selling to enterprise decision-makers – many of whom have lived experience with other vendors requiring extra nuance and indemnity as a firm guarantee. 📝: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sell...

As AI agents join the ranks of both offense & defense in cybersecurity, it’s worth asking: Can we build better software + infrastructure to brace for the generative AI era? BCV's Enrique Salem draws experience to offer a framework as we head into RSA week baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-a...

As AI agents join the ranks of both offense & defense in cybersecurity, it’s worth asking: Can we build better software + infrastructure to brace for the generative AI era? BCV's Enrique Salem draws experience to offer a framework as we head into RSA week baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-a...

Everyone wants to talk about AI. No one wants to talk about change management. But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem. From rogue bots to executive mandates, the tension is real: How do you move fast without breaking everything? Saanya Ohja's POV: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sexy...

Check out Good Morning America's Chief Meteorologist @gingerzee.bsky.social reporting on BCV portfolio company Lithos Carbon (from today's show) www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/video/r...

Everyone wants to talk about AI. No one wants to talk about change management. But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem. From rogue bots to executive mandates, the tension is real: How do you move fast without breaking everything? Saanya Ohja's POV: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sexy...

Sales is human. But it’s clear there’s an opp for a platform that brings true intelligence – deep, data-driven reasoning rather than shallow automation – to sales. Actively AI is that company. BCV's Ajay Agarwal & Aaref Hilaly on founders Anshul & Mihir: baincapitalventures.com/insight/acti...