The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Office work has changed permanently since 2020, whether you're now fully remote, hybrid, or just having to collaborate more with your coworkers on conference calls. Of course, the kind of work that needs to get done hasn't changed quite as much. And with such a large canvas, navigating it needed to be easy.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

I'll admit: When I first started using AI at work, I was just going through the motions. Then my editor said something that flipped my approach to using AI: "The goal isn't to just use AI—it's to use AI to speed things up or make things better." " So I put it to the test. ." The difference?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

As a kid, I was deeply traumatized by the Borg in Star Trek: Next Generation —so it's safe to say that I had some baggage to work through when I first started hearing the term "AI integration." With Zapier, AI integration is about making your workflows work better. Table of contents: What is AI integration?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2024

GSEA is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. It’s about passion As someone who has been on her business-building journey for 12 years and working for many more years than I care to admit, I often find myself laser-focused on profit, scalability and simply managing a growing team of over 50 people.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Use automation to support brainstorming, delegation, and communication Learn how I do most of my mind mapping digitally—and even when I don't, I often recreate a paper mind map online so that I can have it safely stored and easily searched. (It's While it can be done as a group, it's often a solo practice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Here’s how can learn how to master the art of saying “no,” too. When you start a business, you mostly think about what you will do—which is pretty much anything to grow the company. Watch how this exercise focuses and propels your company. Think about all the businesses you love. Nothing else.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A few months ago, we did a blog post on how to get a CISO to buy your product. Potential to DISRUPT business CISOs are accustomed to constant innovation. AI and SecOps offer significant value that will allow analysts and SOCs alike to identify threats faster and streamline workflows. So, how can you demonstrate value?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me. And while AI has since come on the scene, it hasn't replaced automation—it's made it better. Now, I delegate to AI automation. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 6, 2024

Because they know your internal pain points and understand exactly what needs to be improved and how. How will they share information? You also need a platform that is secure (and HIPAA compliant if you’re in healthcare), allows you to integrate with third-party applications, and leverages AI responsibly and effectively.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

As an IT professional, you're tasked with safeguarding your business from any tech disasters. Without a reliable system in place, it's easy for security issues to slip through the cracks and put your whole business at risk. That could include security breaches, fraud, or troubleshooting for your coworkers. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

In this guide, we'll walk you through what CRM automation is, why it's important, and how you can automate your CRM software to streamline your lead management. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Generative AI offers founders an opportunity to completely reinvent workflows — and will spawn a new cohort of companies that are not just AI-augmented, but fully AI-native. On the most surface level, we believe AI will help users do their existing work more efficiently. What can be abstracted away with AI?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2016

Is contributing to social impact good for business? Do we need to change our organizations to make this work? To all three questions, Ai-jen Poo and Sheila Lirio Marcelo would answer “yes.” By that we don’t mean someone who can build a business that makes money and has social impact.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 3, 2024

Over the past year, generative AI’s capacity for content creation has drawn most of the noisiest headlines: how AI models can instantaneously create Pixar-like shorts starring your pet chihuahua, or drum up the Drake-Kendrick Lamar diss track you never knew you wanted. Concurrently, the way companies view marketing is changing.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

I dug deeper into both apps for this article, exploring how each one works in detail to help you choose between them. While it's nice to have these organizational options, it all feels a bit clunky to me in practice—in the age of AI, there are better ways to do this using dynamic tags and advanced segmentation.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Learn how These database tools store data: both associated app data (e.g., It comes with generous free tier limits, unlimited projects, and mature real-time capabilities that handle any type of data changes without upfront database planning. Do more with your data. Automate your database. inventory) and user data (e.g.,

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

You run a business. And while you might feel very attached to the email account you opened when you were a pre-teen— dragonmaster93[at]gmail.com does have a nice ring to it—it's time to swap that out for one that ends with your business domain name. What's the difference between Gmail and Google Workspace? What is DNS?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

Promote and publish your WordPress articles with automation Learn how If you're looking for a WordPress SEO plugin to improve your chances of ranking higher in the search results, you've come to the right place. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

I've been covering AI developments for almost a decade now, and the idea of AI tools that can be trusted to operate independently has always been exciting—and just out of reach. Agentic AI is the latest attempt to create a framework for what these tools would look like and how they could safely operate.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

I’ve asked Google for more details on how the fund was divided, and if any company received this full amount. Here are the other 29 companies that Google will be giving a boost to (descriptions taken from the blog post): Afrocenchix – Afrocenchix formulate, manufacture, and sell safe, effective products for afro and curly hair.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Make your Google Sheets work for you Automate Google Sheets Spreadsheet CRMs are perfect for those just starting out or small business owners looking to upgrade from that old shoebox under their desk. It's also a good idea to freeze this row so it's always visible, no matter how long your customer list gets. " TEXT(.,"C000")

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

But along the way we experienced many of the behaviors Fred’s post talks about, so we know how awful the experience of raising VC can be. But one thing that really jumped out at us was how bad a job we’ve done at telling founders exactly what they can expect from us. Which brings us to: Be Fast. Give First.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

But it's perfectly valid to take a break to see what other AI chatbots are available. Build your own AI chatbot with no-code Here's how Allow me to save you a dozen Google searches (or ChatGPT prompts). I spent time talking to some of the best AI chatbots to see how they measure up.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I tested both apps to see how their features compare and what teams they're best for. Having said that, there's a lot of overlapping functionality, so I dove in to see how they compare. If your company has an index card equivalent for organizing customer data and lending support, you're in need of help desk software.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But AI is changing the game. Use automation to share, engage, and cross-post without lifting a finger Learn how I researched and tested every AI tool for social media management that I could get my hands on, and I found a lot of useful options. Here are the eight best AI apps for managing your social media.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

How many columns can you have in Google Sheets? That's enough to have AI write an eBook about spreadsheet etiquette and still have 43,443 characters leftover. How many rows can Google Sheets handle? How many sheets can you have in Google Sheets? You can get pretty wide with your spreadsheets.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

Supercharge Canva with automation Get started Over the past few years, Canva has also started implementing a wide range of AI-powered features. On top of all that, Canva has a solid free plan, an affordable paid plan for solo users, and a great team plan with collaboration features for businesses. Look, Canva is great.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

These apps offer the AI, automation, documentation, and reporting features that you need to keep the lead pipes (the ones pronounced leed , not led ) flowing smoothly. How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. Scoring last year’s predictions: Working remotely for a year changes how we work forever.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene last year, AI writing tools have been big news. In the right circumstances, these AI text generators can help you work better and faster, and create more polished and on-brand copy. Of course, all AI writing software needs human supervision to deliver the best results. Let's dig in.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

I spent a bunch of time in each of these apps, and here's how the Airtable vs. Google Sheets showdown went. An alternative: Zapier Tables Airtable vs. Google Sheets at a glance If you don't want to read a granular breakdown of how the two products compare, here's the gist.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The recent terms & conditions controversy sequence goes like this: A clause added to Zoom’s legalese back in March 2023 grabbed attention on Monday after a post on Hacker News claimed it allowed the company to use customer data to train AI models “with no opt out” Cue outrage on social media. Still, people were mad.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

With an intuitive drag-and-drop editor, Softr makes it easy for non-technical folks to whip up custom-made business tools, like customer portals and internal databases. It's also unrealistic to keep up with as your business scales. Softr is a super flexible no-code app builder. And that's where automation can help.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

But how does this work? We grabbed some time with Owen to ask him what exactly is a “customer friendship” platform, the future of conversational AI, and building an international team. How did the idea for Elloe come about? Conversational messaging is how people communicate with their family and friends.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“The traditional approach to work, jobs and careers, which has been at the heart of enterprise operations since the industrial revolution, is now holding businesses and their people back. As my colleague Ingrid Lunden reported last year, Gloat sells an AI-powered platform to organizations to power their job boards.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

But the narrative as to how much an early-stage African startup can raise as pre-seed has changed. . So why the sudden change in appetite from investors? Shahry, on the other hand, employs an AI-based credit scoring engine so users in Egypt can apply for credit. “Fintech is compelling.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Automatically extract data from your apps with Zapier Learn how And again, like oil, not all data comes out of the ground with the same properties. Here, I'll walk you through key differences and use cases and share some examples so you can understand how to use both to power your business. What is unstructured data?

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