Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Solo)

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

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