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The Convergence Newsletter

Where B2B tech founders learn how the smartest companies in data and AI actually grow. Founder interviews, GTM teardowns, and AI-native growth strategy from Lillian Pierson, P.E. and Jonathan Green.

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What The Convergence Is

One Newsletter. Two Perspectives. Zero Fluff.

Every issue of The Convergence brings you inside the growth engine of a real B2B tech company. We interview the founders building in data, AI, and SaaS, then break down exactly what’s working in their go-to-market: the channels, the numbers, and the decisions behind them.

You’ll get founder features twice weekly, plus GTM strategy you can apply the same day. It’s written for technical founders by people who’ve actually run growth for companies like yours.

Founder Features

Candid interviews with B2B data, AI, and SaaS founders on what’s driving their growth right now.

GTM Teardowns

The systems, channels, and numbers behind real pipelines. Specifics you can borrow, not platitudes.

AI-Native Strategy

How modern teams use AI across their GTM engine to grow revenue faster than they grow headcount.

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Lillian Pierson, P.E.

Lillian Pierson, P.E.

Founder & CEO, Data-Mania LLC

Lillian is a fractional CMO and AI-native growth strategist for B2B tech startups. A licensed Professional Engineer, she’s supported 10% of Fortune 100 companies, written more than a dozen books on AI and data science (including Data Science For Dummies), and trained 2M+ professionals worldwide as a LinkedIn Learning instructor. She brings the strategy, the systems, and the questions founders wish more interviewers knew to ask.

Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green

Lead GTM Engineer, GTM Engineering Services

Jonathan has spent a decade interviewing the people building with AI as host of The Artificial Intelligence Podcast, with 350+ episodes and 200+ expert guests. He’s the bestselling author of ChatGPT Profits and Serve No Master, teaches practical AI to 21,000+ business owners every morning in Jonathan’s Letter, and has been featured in HuffPost and The Boston Globe. As a GTM engineer, he builds automated revenue systems for Series A and B startups, including one that generated $150K in new business in its first hour live. On The Convergence, he brings the interviewer’s instinct and the builder’s eye for what actually drives pipeline.

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