Ken Parmelee

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Anthropic’s Proposed IPO Will Change The Economics Of Enterprise AI

Mike Gualtieri June 3, 2026
Anthropic has confidentially filed its S‑1 for a proposed IPO. On the surface, early investors, VCs, and late-stage backers are likely planning the biggest AI liquidity party of 2026. The company already has more money than it can spend after a fresh $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation (nearly $1 […]
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The AppGen And Low-Code Platforms Landscape, Q2 2026, Is Out!

Ken Parmelee June 1, 2026
The application generation (AppGen) and low-code platforms market is evolving faster than most organizations can absorb. As AI expands, who can build software and how quickly it can be created has presented a new challenge for organizations to confront: scaling development with agentic capabilities without losing control. Why Does This Market Transition Matter? AppGen and […]

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Google Cloud Next 2026: The End Of The AI Pilot Era

Devin Dickerson April 28, 2026
Google Cloud Next 2026 opened with Thomas Kurian declaring the end of the AI pilot era and Sundar Pichai comparing the enterprise refrain of last year (“Can we build an agent?”) to today’s: “How do we manage thousands of them?” Google Cloud Next ’26 answers the second question with a single product story: Gemini Enterprise […]
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AppGen Is Eating Low-Code — What It Means To You

Ken Parmelee February 5, 2026
There’s a lot of noise right now about what generative technology can do in enterprise software development for applications and workflows. Depending on who you ask, it’s either the end of software developers — or just another overhyped shift. Let’s cut through the noise. We Started With The Low-Code Revolution Low code was a revolution. […]
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A New Generation (Of Apps): Meet Ken Parmelee, Principal Analyst For AppGen And Low-Code

Ken Parmelee November 13, 2025
I have had the challenge and honor of running several very large software businesses, $1 billion and larger. I have also had the excitement of creating new software businesses from concepts to commercially sold products. As a lifelong techie, the excitement of identifying business problems, conceptualizing software solutions, and then bringing them into reality still […]