Scalability and technology consulting advice for SaaS and technology companies — from the AKF Partners team.
Growth-stage SaaS fundraising puts your architecture, code, security posture, and team under a microscope. Investors running technical due diligence for SaaS startups aren't looking for perfection. They want evidence…
Read ArticleDeal timelines for AI investments have compressed from months to weeks, and the technical complexity of evaluating machine learning models, data pipelines, and…
Your engineering team is busy. Commits are up. Hours logged are up. Meetings are packed. But features that should take two weeks are taking six. Sound…
The Evolution: Product Operations Has Always Been About Doing More With Less Spend enough time in Product Operations and you develop a feel for the rhythm of…
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future capability for product organizations building software products — it is a present-day competitive necessity. The…
We have been working with several clients attempting to improve their product and software delivery processes. One of the primary objectives for our clients…
In the last blog, The 5-Levels of Agentic Software Product Development, we detailed all the levels describing the qualifications for each level to determine…
The software industry is undergoing a shift more profound than the move from waterfall to agile. Many of our clients are attempting to accelerate their…
AKF was brought in for an architectural assessment for a critical new capability for one of our larger clients. This client is expanding core capabilities from…
As the leader of a technology-driven organization in 2026, you are no longer just selling software; you are selling outcome-driven intelligence. Agentic…
In a recent episode of the podcast Career Journeys Revealed, hosted by former AKF Partner Han Yuan and Hitesh Chudasama, AKF co-founder Marty Abbott shared…
In many software organizations, the Center of Excellence (CoE) has become a cornerstone of scaling expertise and accelerating change across the broader Product…
Have you ever wondered if AI is going to replace the role of Project and Product Managers? Before I became a Principal Consultant at AKF, I started my career…
