He Built a $1B Unicorn. Three Times. | Sreedhar Peddineni

He Built a $1B Unicorn. Three Times. | Sreedhar Peddineni

Author: Robin Ayoub April 21, 2026 Duration: 48:38
Sreedhar Peddineni has built software categories from scratch three times. He helped CFOs escape spreadsheet chaos with Host Analytics, coined the term "Customer Success Manager" and built Gainsight into a $1.1B unicorn, and is now tackling broken sales enablement with GTM Buddy. In this conversation with Robin Ayoub, Sreedhar unpacks the systems thinking behind category creation, the economics of net dollar retention, why enablement professionals lost their jobs and what needs to change, and how AI is reshaping the revenue team from the inside out. A rare founder who has seen the future twice and is building it for the third time.

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