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TPx Built the IT Sidekick for 25,000 Businesses. Then a $1.1 Billion Debt Load Became the Villain
TPx spent a quarter-century turning phone lines into an all-in-one technology service. Its 2026 restructuring reveals both the value of that model - and the price of financing growth with too much debt.
BigCommerce Built an Escape Hatch for Brands Too Complicated for a Template
The Austin software company spent years selling freedom from server maintenance. Now it is selling freedom from platform lock-in - while teaching product catalogs to show up wherever people, marketplaces, or AI agents decide to shop.
The Nearshore Software Firm Betting Its Next Act on Engineers Who Conduct AI
Growth Acceleration Partners spent years selling proximity: senior Latin American engineers working in the same hours as U.S. clients. Now it is selling leverage - using AI agents to compress expensive software work while keeping humans on the hook for what ships.
Upland Software
The Austin roll-up that bought its way to two dozen software products now wants to be the trusted knowledge layer underneath every enterprise AI agent.
Overhaul
Overhaul is an Austin-based supply chain risk management and visibility company that helps global shippers and logistics providers see, protect, and control high-value cargo in transit. Its device-agnostic software combines real-time monitoring, predictive risk intelligence, a 24/7 Global Security Operations Center, and insurance and recovery services to prevent theft, damage, spoilage, and compliance failures. Founded in 2016 by supply-chain-security veteran Barry Conlon, Overhaul serves Fortune 100 brands across pharmaceuticals, technology, automotive, and food and beverage, and raised a $105M Series C in August 2025.
NinjaOne
NinjaOne is an Austin-based software company that makes an automated, cloud-native endpoint management platform used by IT teams and managed service providers to monitor, secure, patch, back up and control laptops, servers, mobile devices and SaaS data from a single console. Founded in 2013 as NinjaRMM, it now serves more than 30,000 customers and manages over 5 million endpoints, and in 2025 raised $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation while remaining founder-led and debt-free.
Auctane
Auctane is the Austin-based software company behind a family of shipping and mailing brands - ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShippingEasy, ShipEngine, ShipWorks, Endicia, Metapack, GlobalPost and Packlink - that help merchants of every size print labels, compare carrier rates, automate order fulfillment and track parcels worldwide. Formerly known as Stamps.com, it rebranded to Auctane in 2021 under Thoma Bravo ownership, and in June 2026 merged with freight broker WWEX Group to form ShipStation Global, a combined logistics platform serving more than 3 million customers and moving over 3 billion shipments a year.