Tragedy Apps, Database Deletions, AI PR Pitches I Block on Sight, and Why We’re Hiring a Marketer to Report to an AI Agent: The Agents #004 is Out!

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and strategies of running AI agents in production, along with insights on AI PR pitches and upcoming events.

Amelia and I just shipped Episode #004 of The Agents. Same setup: three humans, 20+ agents, revenue went from -19% to +47% YoY, and every week we get into what’s actually working, what’s breaking, and what you should do about it if you’re running agents in production. This is the last episode before SaaStr AI Annual 2026 , which is now less than a week away. Attendance is tracking 140%+ of last year, the sponsor base is fully AI-native, and Amelia and I are doing three live build sessions on the main campus where you’ll deploy your own agents alongside us with your laptop open. More on that at the end. Here are the top 10 learnings from Episode #04. 1. AI PR Pitches Are the AI SDRs of a Year Ago. Block Them All. A year ago I wrote that Gmail might be the death of the AI SDR. Bad AI SDRs flooded my inbox, and I had a small epiphany: with a human SDR, I’d ignore a bad pitch out of politeness. With an agent, I just hit block. No guilt. No social cost. That cleaned up my inbox for about six months. Then a new wave hit: AI PR pitches. These are different from the SDR wave. The PR pitches are written well. They’re customized. They reference SaaStr by name, mention recent posts…

People in this episode

Host: Jason M. Lemkin

Guest: Amelia

Topics covered

• AI
• marketing
• SaaS
• database management
• revenue growth

Keywords

• AI PR
• SaaStr Annual
• revenue growth
• database deletions
• marketing strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SaaStr

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