Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The Dealer Brief #5
This week: Webflow raised its Basic price to $15, salesforce and nvidia's new reasoning model is everything the ai labs should fear — plus what's free, and what's new in the index.
Prices that moved
Read off each vendor's own pricing page, and their archived copies. Only changes we can separate from our own measurement error are listed.
What moved in AI this week
7 stories worth the click, newest first.
- Salesforce and Nvidia's new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fearTechCrunch AI
- What's at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gambleMIT Technology Review
- Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, tooTechCrunch AI
- Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?The Verge AI
- What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI developmentThe Verge AI
- The contagion of fearSimon Willison
- AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slopArs Technica
The software business
Funding, pricing and how SaaS companies are actually doing.
- AI Is Creating Wealth Faster Than Financial Lives Can AdaptCrunchbase News
- Sector Snapshot: AI Takes A Growing Share Of Sales And Marketing Startup FundingCrunchbase News
- AI infrastructure company Cornelis raises $205M to chip away at Nvidia's dominanceTechCrunch Startups
- We Run 21 AI Agents and They've Closed Millions. But There Still Isn't a Good AI Account Executive. YetSaaStr
Start free this week
Tools in the index with an ongoing free plan — not a countdown trial.
In the index
A few listings worth knowing about if you missed them.