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Application Automation: The Past, Present and Future

Application Automation: The Past, Present and Future

The world of automation is rapidly evolving. Recent advancements in AI are fundamentally changing the way we work, and have already instilled new behaviors and expectations for enterprise-grade products.

Jul 19, 2023
10 Lessons from 10 Years of Work-Bench

10 Lessons from 10 Years of Work-Bench

In honor of 10 years of Work-Bench, we thought it’d be a good time to reflect on this past decade with 10 lessons learned. Hopefully some of these lessons can be helpful to you, whether you are a founder, operator, or fund manager.

Jul 13, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: AuthZed Co-Founder & CEO Jake Moshenko on Building for Developers

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: AuthZed Co-Founder & CEO Jake Moshenko on Building for Developers

AuthZed is a true story of the Work-Bench community coming full circle.

Jul 11, 2023
A Primer on Detection Engineering

A Primer on Detection Engineering

Security has always been top of mind for infrastructure leaders and 2023 is no different. Cyber threats are becoming more complex and sophisticated, with an increasing number of attack vectors.

Jul 7, 2023
The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 1H 2023 Funding in Three Charts

The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 1H 2023 Funding in Three Charts

We’ve been investing in enterprise tech startups for a decade now and have been tracking the local NYC enterprise ecosystem’s growth through a series of Enterprise Tech in NYC Funding Reports.

Jul 7, 2023
Optimizing Log Costs

Optimizing Log Costs

With growing concern around conserving budget, tech teams are identifying their largest areas of spend and how best to optimize their stack.

Jul 5, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Catalyst Co-Founder & CEO Edward Chiu on Finding Your Use Case

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Catalyst Co-Founder & CEO Edward Chiu on Finding Your Use Case

Given our obsession with enterprise go-to-market, we know how critical it is for businesses to have a successful customer success organization – that’s why we invested in Catalyst.

Jul 5, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Spring Health Co-Founder & CEO April Koh on Executing a Mission Driven Approach

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Spring Health Co-Founder & CEO April Koh on Executing a Mission Driven Approach

In 2016, April Koh set out to change the face of mental healthcare by launching Spring Health.

Jun 27, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Arthur Co-Founder & CEO Adam Wenchel on the Next Gen of AI In the Enterprise

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: Arthur Co-Founder & CEO Adam Wenchel on the Next Gen of AI In the Enterprise

In 2019, we invested in Arthur as the first production AI monitoring platform to detect and protect enterprises against modeling issues and biases.

Jun 13, 2023
NextGen Collaboration Tools: Where Are the NextGen Tools?

NextGen Collaboration Tools: Where Are the NextGen Tools?

There was rampant speculation during the Covid crisis about the ways in which knowledge work would be performed in a post-Covid world. Now we know the answer.

Jun 6, 2023
Trino: A Distributed Query Engine

Trino: A Distributed Query Engine

Here at Work-Bench, we strongly believe that great businesses can be built by commercializing open source projects that target an acute pain point and cultivate developer love.

Jun 2, 2023
Merge: Scaling Product & Teams with CTO Gil Feig

Merge: Scaling Product & Teams with CTO Gil Feig

Merge is a Unified API that transforms how B2B companies implement customer-facing integrations.

May 17, 2023
Chronosphere: Founding Story with CEO Martin Mao

Chronosphere: Founding Story with CEO Martin Mao

Chronosphere is a cloud-native observability platform designed for devops teams operating in a cloud native world.

May 17, 2023
Trends in Serverless Databases

Trends in Serverless Databases

Despite the many databases available on the market, developers still confront a host of challenges when interacting with them like issues with data capacity or cost management.

May 12, 2023
Foundation Models & the Path to Enterprise Adoption

Foundation Models & the Path to Enterprise Adoption

One of the investment themes I’ve been researching has been around the applicability of foundation models for a wide variety of tasks and the opportunity that it represents for the enterprise.

May 12, 2023