Tech Business
RTO Mandates in 2026: What the Data Really Shows
A Stanford randomized trial and a University of Pittsburgh study both found RTO mandates don't boost productivity — they mainly drive away top talent.
Archive
All articles — Page 3
Every GetCoreTech article in one place, newest first. Browse the full archive across all six categories.
Newest first
Tech Business
The 2026 Tech IPO Market: Record Dollars, Thin Pipeline
SpaceX priced at $1.77 trillion and OpenAI and Anthropic filed to go public — but 800 mature private companies remain stuck, with no pipeline behind them.
SaaS
Data Residency Is Now a Procurement Gate, Not a Box
65% of buyers have rejected a vendor over data residency. The EU's new CADA framework turns "where's my data" into a graded, four-tier legal test.
SaaS
Usage-Based Pricing: Why SaaS Is Adding, Not Replacing
Usage pricing shows a real 10-point retention edge over seats — but buyer spend data shows adoption is still stuck at 4-6%. Here's what's really happening.
SaaS
Agentic SaaS: How Software Is Rebuilt for AI Agents
Software is being rebuilt to serve AI agents, not just humans. Here's the real infrastructure behind "agentic SaaS" — and why Gartner expects 40% to fail.
SaaS
Vertical SaaS Is Outperforming Horizontal Platforms
ServiceTitan grew 25%, Toast grew 23% — both beating Salesforce and HubSpot on growth and retention. Here's the earnings data and why it's happening.
SaaS
PLG vs. Sales-Led Growth in 2026: What Really Works
The PLG-vs-sales-led debate is mostly settled — 60% run hybrid. The real 2026 gap is AI-native companies converting trials at nearly double the rate.
SaaS
SaaS Churn Benchmarks 2026: What "Good" Retention Means
There's no single "good" NRR anymore. See 2026 benchmarks by segment — enterprise, mid-market, SMB, and the very different AI-native retention curve.
AI Agents & Automation
Domain-Specific Language Models: The Shift Beyond GPT
Gartner predicts most enterprise AI models will be domain-specific by 2028. Here's why narrow, specialized models are beating general ones on key tasks.
AI Agents & Automation
Multi-Agent AI: Gartner's Top Trend, Hidden Failure Rate
Gartner calls multi-agent AI its top 2026 trend. New research puts failure rates as high as 86.7% — and traces most of it to coordination, not weak models.
AI Agents & Automation
AI-Native Development: From Writing Code to Directing It
"Vibe coding" produced worse code, data shows. Now developers write specs and let AI agents implement — here's how spec-driven development works.
AI Agents & Automation
Agent Observability: Monitoring AI Agents in Production
AI agents fail silently, returning confident, wrong answers with no error thrown. Here's how teams are building observability to actually catch it.