The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. And this is just the start of what you can do with Grain and Zapier.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Wallets are the gateway to crypto and have funneled millions into consumer apps that have driven web3 adoption. This oscillation between apps and infrastructure continues forever as a pendulum. These throngs stress systems and demand infrastructure advances. Improved infrastructure enables new applications, which attract more users.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

So, if you're looking for an AI content generator that will help you write compelling copy, publish blog posts a lot quicker, and otherwise take some of the slow-paced typing out of writing, you've come to the right place. Now this isn't to say that none of these AI-powered writing apps are worth using.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Narrato is used by customers including payments SaaS startup ChargeBee , language learning app Preply and customer onboarding software Rocketlane. Solanki explained that for both AI and non-AI content creation, users choose from templates, including blogs, articles, web copy, emails, video scripts, social media content and art.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A Y Combinator-backed app called Needl is helping users with that. Needl is a cross-platform application that lets you search across your local file system and accounts like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Notion and Slack. Users can customize shortcuts to launch the app and jump to the home view. Image Credits: Needl.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

Explore now The Zapier ChatGPT plugin lets you connect thousands of apps (like Google Sheets, Gmail, or Slack) and automate tasks directly inside ChatGPT. This saves you the time and hassle of context switching, as you can just ask ChatGPT to perform a task in another app for you. You'll have the chance to review the copy. (No

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

ChatGPT is an app created by OpenAI that lets users interact with its AI models: GPT-3 (on the free version) and GPT-4 (in early access for paid users). The app takes the prompts you write and passes them to the AI model. Most of the apps on this list are also powered by OpenAI's GPT models. Chat experience. Extra features.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

CEO Dave Rogenmoser tells TechCrunch the funding will be put toward building out Jasper’s core products, improving the customer experience and bringing Jasper’s technology to more apps. Jasper leverages AI to generate content for blog articles, social media posts, website copy and more. ” Image Credits: Jasper.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Notion or Coda : These next-gen document tools blend features of databases, documents, and spreadsheets. By using Google Sheets with Zapier , you can send data to your spreadsheet from all the other apps you use—and send your Google Sheets data to those other apps too. It excels at relational data and custom views.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Basically, to be a content remixer, you turn long-form content like YouTube videos and podcasts into blog posts, tweet threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok videos. Business Idea #13: Rideshare Delivery Apps It probably goes without saying, but this is one of the lowest-friction businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

The tech world has preconceived notions of how a historically overlooked individual should act, and I use that reality to influence my reporting. As always, you can support me by sharing this newsletter, following me on Twitter or subscribing to my personal blog. Some big tech apps remain. Fintech and Ukraine.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. But remembering to do this manually is when mistakes can happen.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

AI-assisted enterprise automation Spend any time online and you might think AI is just about generating awkward headshots or robotic blog intros. Zapier, for example, integrates with 8,000+ apps, so it's likely to cover all your bases. Also, take stock of your workflows' complexity.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2015

This notion doesn’t really exist with SaaS companies, because except for the most complex and customizable products like Salesforce, most SaaS software is much simpler. But SaaS companies still do have channels available to them in the form of app stores from Salesforce, Intuit, Google and the Apple and Android mobile app stores.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The book is an exploration of how different cultures experience time, and how our current notions of time came to be. In fact, I quite enjoyed my six minutes outside in the sun, reading my Kindle app. I can answer e-mail, read from ReadItLater, play my baseball game , jot some thoughts down for a new blog post.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

In my first post I talked about Noom, a paid app you can download to create a plan to lose weight. The tools are built into the app. I used the Noom app to begin to gamify myself. I had vague notions of what was “good” and what was “bad” but I wasn’t specific enough. It’s super easy to log.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

MCP servers facilitate the connection between AI tools like Claude and all the other apps you use. How to set up an MCP server in Claude MCP servers you can start using with Claude right now Start using MCP with all your favorite apps What is an MCP server? If you live in Claude, you can see how useful this would be.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. Haystack VC runs almost entirely on Notion. I use Superhuman , an email app which speeds up my email processing, and also gives me background information on all of my correspondents. See their blog post on multiples.).

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Lean on AI tools like ChatGPT and Notion AI to brainstorm innovative ideas, and even integrate your AI tools into your existing workflows with the help of Zapier's AI integrations. Try using Zapier's ChatGPT plugin to connect thousands of apps and perform automations from within ChatGPT's interface.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 3, 2020

The notion of a personalized diet is based on the belief that there is no optimal diet that applies to all people. Rather than venture out into the cold or even dial up a restaurant, consumers are opting to order both restaurant food and groceries on a growing variety of delivery apps and platforms.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

Whether you're just getting started or ready to orchestrate full systems across apps, data and teams, here are five workflows that will transform your work. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. SMS is also an option.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I still remember reading Eric Ries’ blog post that first coined the term “Lean Startup” in September 2008. This led to the notion of failing fast and abandoning a product idea early based on customer feedback. For example, with my latest startup Notejoy , a collaborative notes app, the team didn’t leave virality to chance.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

With Zaps—our automated workflows—you can connect Browse AI to thousands of apps, enrich scraped data with AI, and send it exactly where it needs to go. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Here's how to get started.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. With Perplexity, you can skip the research rabbit hole and instantly get a jumping-off point for your next blog post.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. You can also set up Zaps to create new records in Notion or Airtable and add new files to Google Drive the moment a form is submitted.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

With Zapier's automated workflows (called Zaps), you can share recordings in other apps, send team notifications, and extract key insights from meetings—all automatically. Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. New to Zapier?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

You can start by automating individual tasks with simple workflows—what we call Zaps—and grow into orchestrating entire systems across apps, teams, and data. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. That's where Zapier comes in.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Instead of making up a bunch of numbers, which every other language model would do, we’ll just show you our stock app right there inside the conversation,” Socher told TechCrunch. That’s a notion that the search market has caught up with, but Socher sees room for a fresh approach, one that the incumbents can’t offer.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. Skip ahead Why should you automate your Slack channel topic?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. If you're using the Zap template, the trigger app and event will already be selected for you.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

That information still needs to be shared widely across teams, apps, and workflows. Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. But a transcript is only one piece of the puzzle.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

You can connect Slack with thousands of apps through its Zapier integration. Or you may want to connect to an app that doesn't yet have a Zapier integration. Fortunately, webhooks are a versatile alternative that allow you to send information from other apps to Slack through Zapier in a customized way. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Personal CRMs, like Dex or Clay , will pull contact info from all of your connected accounts into a single app. Related reading: The best free CRM software Notion CRM template: How to turn Notion into your CRM 6 keys to building your network as an entrepreneur

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. Bijan Sabet – investor & board member in some small companies you might have heard of like Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee & OMGPOP – took issue with the whole notion that you even need a Powerpoint deck anymore. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post?

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” But more importantly, America’s youth have fallen out of love with the notion of owning a car. billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2022

Examples of new customers include Notion, Skydio and Patreon. Step , a Series C fintech app providing banking services to teenagers, announced last week that it will be offering a new product that will enable its 3 million-plus users to invest in equities and cryptocurrencies on its app. Also in the U.K.,

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