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Notes on buying vs. building

Featured · Strategy

The true cost of building a SaaS product from zero

A full breakdown of engineering time, infrastructure, and the opportunity cost founders underweight most.

Arjun Mehta · 8 min read
AI

Why acquiring an AI agent beats training one in-house

Time-to-value comparisons across five industries.

Isabelle Ferrand · 6 min read

Playbook

A founder's checklist for evaluating a launch-ready product

What to verify before you buy: code, compliance, and more.

Marcus Webb · 5 min read

Company

Inside our vetting process for new listings

What separates a passed review from a rejected one.

Tanvi Rao · 4 min read

Strategy

Multi-product compounding: what Stripe and Cloudflare get right

Lessons on building a portfolio, not a single product.

Arjun Mehta · 9 min read

AI

AI coding assistants and what they change about build vs. buy

Grounded in real numbers from our own engineering team.

Isabelle Ferrand · 7 min read

Playbook

Judgment is the scarce skill in the AI era

Why picking the right product matters more than ever.

Marcus Webb · 6 min read

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