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Alex Halkin
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saas.unbound
From $80 to $3,000: enterprise SaaS pricing lessons with Alex Halkin @Competera
saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #46 of season 5, Anna Nadeina talks with Alex, CEO and Founder of Competera, a pricing platform helping retailers increase their revenue. ----------- Episode's Chapters ----------- 00:00 - Meet Alex: From Medical Engineering to AI 02:33 - The Birth of Compra: Early Challenges and Innovations 07:47 - Navigating Enterprise Sales and AI Integration 10:13...
2025-10-27
57 min
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S11 E20: Alex Halkin, Competera AI
Alex Halkin can't remember a time where he wasn't doing tech. Funny enough, he does remember a time before internet was common place. In 6th or 7th grade, he got a computer and immediately disassembled it. And eventually, he built an internet service provider for his community, eventually dropped out of university, and sold his internet provider. Outside of tech, he has always been into sports - cycling, motorcycles, etc. And though he doesn't have much time for it anymore, he is big into Brazilian Jujitsu.At his old role, Alex started to pitch subscription pricing for...
2025-10-07
26 min
Mission Matters Innovation with Adam Torres
How Competera Uses AI Pricing to Free Time and Boost Retail Profit
On Mission Matters, Adam Torres interviews Alex Halkin, Founder & CEO of Competera. Alex explains how Competera’s AI pricing platform helps retailers move beyond static rules and elasticity tables to model-driven pricing that lifts margin and frees teams’ time. He also shares his founder journey—from early tech hustles to building a profitable AI company through global shocks—guided by a mission to let machines do the math so people can do meaningful work Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest...
2025-10-02
24 min
Mission Matters Business Podcast with Adam Torres
How Competera Uses AI Pricing to Free Time and Boost Retail Profit
On Mission Matters, Adam Torres interviews Alex Halkin, Founder & CEO of Competera. Alex explains how Competera’s AI pricing platform helps retailers move beyond static rules and elasticity tables to model-driven pricing that lifts margin and frees teams’ time. He also shares his founder journey—from early tech hustles to building a profitable AI company through global shocks—guided by a mission to let machines do the math so people can do meaningful work Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to...
2025-10-02
24 min
AI Native Podcast
Beyond Competitor Analysis: How AI is Transforming Dynamic Pricing
In this episode of The AI Native Podcast, we sit down with Alex Halkin, founder of Competera and pioneer in AI-powered pricing. Alex takes us through his remarkable journey—from growing up in Ukraine and experimenting with early neural networks, to consulting for global retailers, to bootstrapping his own AI startup.We discuss:How Alex’s first ventures (selling internet to neighbors and running an internet café) taught him entrepreneurial grit.Why consulting shaped his perspective on automation and pricing inefficiencies.The challenges of pitching AI-driven pricing inside a traditional consulting model.Bootstrapping Competera with his own m...
2025-08-18
41 min
Pricing Heroes: The Retail Pricing Podcast for Practitioners & Executives
2025 Pricing Predictions: Insights from Industry Experts
How will AI, inflation, and shifting market dynamics impact pricing in 2025?In this special episode of Pricing Heroes, we asked nine top pricing experts to share their boldest predictions for the year ahead. From the rise of AI-driven pricing to the risks of dynamic pricing missteps, this episode explores the biggest trends shaping the future of pricing—and what retailers must do to stay ahead.Featured Experts:🎙️ Stephan Liozu – Chief Value Officer, Zilliant🎙️ Per Sjöfors – Author of The Price Whisperer🎙️ Oliver Banks – Retail Transformation Expert, Author of Driving Retail Transf...
2025-01-30
24 min
Pricing Heroes: The Retail Pricing Podcast for Practitioners & Executives
Decoding Pricing for Practitioners with Maciej Kraus and Alex Galkin
In this special episode of Pricing Heroes, we welcome back our very own Alex Galkin, who joins us for our conversation with today's guest, Maciej Kraus. Maciej is a Managing Partner at Movens Capital, a growth equity firm, where he helps companies generate more profit for their development and growth. He is also a guest lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the author of three books, including "The Future of Pricing: A Guide to the Next 10 Years of AI" and his forthcoming book, "Pricing Decoded: How Leading Pricing Practitioners Manage Practice to Boost Profits." Maciej is...
2024-09-25
34 min
Pricing Heroes: The Retail Pricing Podcast for Practitioners & Executives
The Future of Retail Pricing Powered by Al with Alex Galkin
Our guest this week is our very own Alex Galkin, Founder & CEO of Competera. We invited Alex on the podcast to discuss a recent report on the “Future of Pricing: How AI is Transforming Retail Pricing” published by Coresight Research.In this episode, Alex discusses the shift he's seeing towards AI-powered price optimization in retail, highlights the differences in AI capabilities currently being deployed in real-world scenarios, explains why retailers should trust AI to empower their pricing teams, and provides helpful tips for retailers trying to determine if AI pricing is right for them and what they can...
2024-05-28
34 min
The Mark Johnson Show
4/30/15 Cuba, Alex Halkin
Filmmaker Alex Halkin, Isis Salcines of Cuba and Margarita Fernandez of the Vermont Caribbean Institute.
2015-05-07
45 min