Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Solo)
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Rob Walling discusses the future of SaaS in the context of AI advancements and challenges faced by the industry.
Is SaaS dead now that AI can build an app in a weekend? In this solo episode, Rob Walling gives his most definitive answer yet to the question flooding the internet: what's the future of SaaS now that AI makes it easier than ever to build and copy a product? He breaks down the four most common claims that AI will kill Saas, and explains why the real SaaS apocalypse is coming for overpriced incumbents, not bootstrappers. Topics we cover: (2:15) – What's the future of SaaS with AI? (3:08) – Why "X is dead" predictions keep failing (5:12) – Claim 1: The self-hosting fantasy (11:39) – Claim 2: Anyone can clone your app (13:32) – Claim 3: Agents will do the work (16:34) – Claim 4: Infinite competition (18:02) – Which SaaS categories genuinely get squeezed (19:06) – The real apocalypse: Overpriced incumbents Links from the show: MicroConf US ┃Austin, TX · April 18–20, 2027. Use promo code ROB50 MicroConf Connect | Community for Bootstrapped SaaS founders Harris Kenny | LinkedIn Rob's Weekly Newsletter The SaaS Playbook TinySeed Startups for the Rest of Us | YouTube If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you'd like for us to cover, please submit your…
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