Jon Yoo, CEO of Suger, shares how his company automates the complex & challenging workflows of selling software through cloud marketplaces like AWS.Topics Include:Jon Yoo is co-founder/CEO of Suger.Suger automates B2B marketplace workflows.Handles listing, contracts, offers, billing for marketplaces like AWS.Co-founder previously led Confluent's marketplace enablement product.Confluent had 40-50% revenue through cloud marketplaces.Required 10-20 engineers working solely on marketplace integration.Engineers prefer core product work over marketplace integration.Product/engineering leaders struggle with marketplace deployment requirements.Marketplace customers adopt without marketing, creating unexpected management needs.Version control is challenging for marketplace-deployed products.License management through marketplace creates engineering challenges.Suger helps sell, resell, co-sell through AWS Marketplace.Marketplace integration isn't one-time; requires ongoing maintenance.Business users constantly request marketplace automation features.Suger works with Snowflake, Intel, and AI startups.Data security concerns drive self-hosted AI deployments.AI products increasingly deploy via AMI/container solutions.AI products use usage-based pricing, not seat-based.Usage-based pricing creates complex billing challenges.AI products are tested at unprecedented rates.Two deployment options: vendor cloud or customer cloud.SaaS requires reporting usage to marketplace APIs.Customer-hosted deployment simplifies some billing aspects.Marketplaces need integration with ERP systems.Version control particularly challenging for AI products.Companies need automated updates for marketplace-deployed products.License management includes scaling up/down and expiration handling.Suger aims to integrate with GitHub for automatic updates.Participants:· Jon Yoo – CEO and Co-founder, SugerSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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