The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Automation used to be the best way to do that. 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. Table of contents: What is AI automation?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

As anyone who's ever seen a cartoon plumber knows, the best pipeline management tool is a monkey wrench. But if you want to know the best sales pipeline management tool, unfortunately, you should probably read the next several thousand words of in-depth software analysis.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

But ChatGPT works even better (and helps you carry out tasks at scale) when you pair it with automation. With Zapier's ChatGPT integration , you automate everything from intelligent sales outreach, content marketing generation, or even image creation. Table of contents Which model should you use with our ChatGPT integration?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing in a unified platform—where all your apps are connected via a shared system—can simplify data management, prevent silos, streamline communication, and reduce operating costs. Automate Zoho What is Zoho? Zoho apps: An overview What is Zoho One? Zoho is a cloud-based software suite like Microsoft Office or Google Workspace.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Zendesk for Service and Jira Service Management are two of the most popular help desk solutions on the market. Integrating Zendesk and Jira Zendesk vs. Jira Service Management FAQ Zendesk vs. Jira at a glance Both Zendesk and Jira offer ticket management solutions, but it's not really fair to compare the two platforms apples to apples.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Risk management: Understanding your financials inside and out allows you to take calculated risks, enhancing the startup’s competitive edge. Risk management: Understanding your financials inside and out allows you to take calculated risks, enhancing the startup’s competitive edge. Why is financial forecasting important for startups?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Suddenly, every process has a hundred steps, five tools, and a dozen people involved. And automation—the thing that was supposed to make life easier—starts to feel impossible to scale. You want to empower teams to automate their work but not open up a tangle of permissions and shadow IT. Things slow down. Data gets siloed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Are you a large business, looking to manage your various functions in a smooth and organised way? Many back office functions are automated, and it considerably improves the efficiency of business. You need to convince your organisation as to why choosing an ERP system is needed, and the cooperation of senior management is a must.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Plus, the Add Video to Playlist action makes content management easier than ever. Let Zaps handle data processing, content generation, and smarter customer interactions. With three new actions: Create Branch , Create or Update File , and Find Branch, you can automate version control and content updates.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Make your Google Sheets work for you Automate Google Sheets Here, I'll dive deep into Google Sheets' capabilities and limitations, exploring whether this kind of space is actually useful for your data projects or if it's a sign you might need to look beyond spreadsheets altogether. How many rows can Google Sheets handle?

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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. From each node, you then repeat the process, drilling deeper into the different concepts. "BBQs"

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Despite the initial confusion, building a CRM in Google Sheets can be a surprisingly effective way to manage customer relationships (and slightly less terrifying than whatever Skibidi Toilet is). Create a customer relationship management database The core worksheet in your Google Sheets CRM will be the one housing your customer/lead data.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Get more out of your spreadsheets with automation Automate spreadsheets Many people may be able to use these two related products interchangeably for general use, but more nuanced use cases will probably prove one to be an easy choice over the other. It's also completely free.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

One example: backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms like Supabase and Firebase let me focus on solving problems instead of getting lost in server configurations and database management. Automate your database. But which platform should you use for your vibe coding projects? Do more with your data. inventory) and user data (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Founded in January 2022 by Sophia Solanki, an Australian serial entrepreneur whose previous startup was content marketing and social media management SaaS platform DrumUp. Founded in January 2022 by Sophia Solanki, an Australian serial entrepreneur whose previous startup was content marketing and social media management SaaS platform DrumUp.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

We wanted to make work easier, more intelligent, and more collaborative,” Troops CEO Dan Reich wrote in a blog post this morning. Troops managed to raise $19.4 “When we started Troops, we wanted to reimagine how work gets done. million in venture capital from Slack Fund, Susa Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Flight.VC

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Try Zapier Chatbots Create free custom AI chatbots to engage customers and take action with built-in automation. With it, you can pull the power of Gemini into the rest of your tech stack so that it becomes a hands-on collaborator across teams, processes, and automated workflows. Here's how. New to Zapier? Sign up for free.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Until I can clone my brain and upload it to a computer (or to an agent ), I still need to attend meetings to move the needle forward on big projects. They take up a lot of bandwidth, and that bandwidth is better spent on more strategic projects and approval processes that require actual human thought. New to Zapier?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

In this blog post, I'll walk you through exactly how to create your own chatbot using Interfaces—and offer a few ideas on specific use cases. It's a tool that helps anyone connect apps and automate workflows—without any complicated code. Join Zapier Early Access Be the first to try out new Zapier products. Sign up for free.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Project management. A new business (particularly one with a remote workforce, or one that requires collaboration across various teams) will need help keeping track of its myriad projects and goals. Project management platforms like Trello or Wrike are more efficient. Customer relationship management.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

But with so many moving parts, it can be extremely challenging for construction companies to manage the administrative aspects of their finances. Adaptive , an 11-month-old startup that has set out to give construction teams better tools to manage their back offices, has raised $6.5 In the construction business, time is money.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

This included implementing Infusionsoft, a CRM and marketing automation system to streamline processes including recruiting, membership management, program communication and accountability group health. In part I of our interview , we asked Brad about his journey as an entrepreneur.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

Whereas an individual getting a B2C email is responsible for every stage of their own buying journey, a company's purchasing process involves people in all sorts of roles. For a company, on the other hand, the purchasing process can be a lot like herding cats.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2023

Todd Cozzens, Managing Partner at Transformation Capital that led the $24.7 The healthcare startup projects it will impact over one million patient lives and support 100,000 clinical tasks in 2023. Would he remain on the sidelines or again re-enter the challenging entrepreneurial arena? million Series B round, expresses that view.

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OurCrowd

MAY 7, 2021

Locusview: Digital construction management platform raises $64M. By financing small agroforestry projects, Treedom provides income opportunities for local farming communities in 17 countries. Israeli technology on the world stage. HoneyBook: Small businesses fuel Israel’s newest unicorn. BrainQ wins XTC regional final. Invest More.

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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. So let's dig in. was a revelation.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Regardless of your booking management needs, the best appointment scheduling software should present your business in a professional light while simplifying the booking process on both ends. Focus on the meeting, not the scheduling Automate your booking The best booking apps offer the perfect mix of flexibility and ease of use.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Enterprise networks are now migrating from in-office systems to cloud-based networks-as-a-service, becoming too complex and dynamic for humans to manage alone. The company is a member of Facebook’s Telecom Infrastructure Project alongside Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and others helping to shape an open network standard. Invest Now. .

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

Tailor Brands is tailor-made for these small new companies, with automated tools that help turn an idea into a fully functioning business ready for the first customer. Join us on Sunday to meet the CEO of Tailor Brands , a fast-growing startup backed by GoDaddy and other top-drawer investors, as noted in TechCrunch. Learn More.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

They offer powerful workplaces to manage your knowledge, no matter where it comes from. Turn ideas into action Automate your note-taking For years, I've relied on Notion to make sense of the avalanche of digital information I collect, like personal notes, web snippets, movie watchlists, itineraries, work reports—the list goes on.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The company has an API that can calculate a company’s emissions footprint based on an integration with their ERP system, and then invests money into offset projects that are designed to remove an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide. To fix our climate crisis will take more work.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

There's a lot that goes into robots like these (and the ones we interact with online, like ChatGPT): automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, to name a few. Table of contents: What is intelligent automation (IA)? How to kickstart your IA strategy What is intelligent automation (IA)?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

The finance team puts a lot of work into managing the acquisition of these funds. She mastered the automated close by age 9 but when her parents were lost to a terrible spreadsheet-related incident, Jen swore to put an end to spreadsheets and manual data entry forever,” says the NetSuite narrator. Already intrigued? We thought so. .

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Dataloop raises $16M for AI data management platform. Webinar Oct. 20: How AgTech protects our food supply in a pandemic. Can we spread the success of high tech to benefit everyone? DeSantis taps Israel’s BlueGreen to protect Florida’s water. D-ID: Israeli face recognition tech lets actors work off set. For accredited investors only).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Building for (literal) builders A common refrain in the construction industry is that most contractors are forced to complete projects before getting paid, often having to pay for material and labor out of pocket. Both the startup’s founder and lead investor previously spent years working at payments giant Stripe.

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