Welcome to The SaaS CFO Podcast. In this episode, our host Ben sits down with Taylor Lowe, the co-founder and CEO of Metal. Taylor discusses his background in the SaaS industry, including his journey from working in sales to founding Metal with his co-founders.  
 
He delves into the products and services Metal offers, their target industries, and their approach to developing and refining their product offering. Taylor also shares insights into their go-to-market strategy, pricing model, and recent seed funding round.  
 
As they wrap up, he gives a glimpse into what's coming up for Metal and even reveals the interesting story behind the company's name. Stay tuned for an insightful conversation with a SaaS industry leader. 
 
Show Notes: 
 
00:00 Founders with experience in sales and engineering developed enterprise SaaS, inspired by previous work in software and infrastructure. 

03:41 Engineers rely on layers of abstraction for easier work with raw materials, like embeddings in vector databases. This powers applications like chat TPT. 

08:58 Focus on product, new way of building software and data representation, hands-on customer approach. 

09:57 Inbound interest drives learning and product improvement. 

13:16 Capital is important, but experience and customer focus are crucial. Choose investors carefully. 

16:13 Three people like metal, started a company called "pretty metal." 

Links: 

SaaS Fundraising Stories: https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/metal-raises-2-5-million-in-funding 

Taylor Lowe’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorlowe11/ 

Get Metal’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getmetal/ 

Get Metal’s Website: https://getmetal.io/ 

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