Narjès Boufaden

Founder and CEO, Keatext · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dr. Narjès Boufaden is the founder and CEO of Keatext, an AI-powered text analytics platform. She holds a PhD in Computational Linguistics from the Université de Montréal and has authored over 15 scientific publications on natural language processing.

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6 assertions · 2 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 5 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Boufaden: Keatext Has Raised Over $4M CAD
“So, so far we've raised around a bit more than for my feeling, four million dollars, Canadian dollars.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 9:46 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boufaden: Keatext Reports Zero Churn on Annual Contracts
“Oh, so far we actually renewed all our customers, which is really great so far. we do have a lot of new customers, all our agreement are on a yearly basis. So. for those who came in a couple of years ago, like two years ago, they're still with us.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 11:17 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Insight
Boufaden: AI SaaS Demands Higher R&D to Hit Breakeven
“Being breakeven when you have, I would say, a standard business and versus a business that, that use the, use, well, sell a product that is using basically AI is a completely different as the R&D is far more substantial when it comes to AI.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 10:43 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Insight
Boufaden: Partner CAC Must Include Acquisition and Enablement Costs
“The cost of acquisition of the customer base of that partner is really, you need to take into account the costs That you had to pay to acquire that partner. And then the costs that you put on top of that when you were helping the sales team convert the custome…”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 16:39 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Disclosure
Boufaden: Keatext Gives Channel Partners a 50% Revenue Share
“No, so when they sign a deal, it's 50% of that deal.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 17:43 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Disclosure
Boufaden: Keatext Pricing Starts Around $2,500 Per Month
“Yeah, so it's, it starts always, it's around 2500 dollars per month.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 3:01 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boufaden: Keatext Is Approaching $100K in Monthly Recurring Revenue
“We are really not far away from a hundred K. Okay.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 4:46 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
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Boufaden: Keatext Averages 20% Month-Over-Month Revenue Growth
“Yeah, so we've been really around 20% month over month growth so far this couple of months, last couple of months.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 7:19 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
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Boufaden: Keatext Grew Revenue 5x Over the Past Year
“So we've might have multiplied by a factor of five X, I would say.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 7:36 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Assertion Supported
Boufaden: Keatext Has Raised Over $4M CAD
“So, so far we've raised around a bit more than for my feeling, four million dollars, Canadian dollars.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 9:46 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boufaden: Keatext Serves Around 30 Enterprise Customers
“Yeah, so now we are around 30 customers. Some of them, well, most of them are big businesses.”
Narjès Boufaden Mar 22, 2020 ▶ 4:04 1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1702 She's About to Pass $1m in ARR in AI Text Analytics Feedback Mar 22, 2020 11m
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