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Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Solo)
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Why 'X is dead' predictions keep failing
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A listener email from robwalling.com/emails cuts right to the chase: what's the future of SaaS now that AI makes it easier than ever to build and copy a product? Rob's answer is deliberately blunt — four words: 'The future of SaaS is SaaS.' But before unpacking why, he establishes a crucial epistemic filter. The 'X is dead' prediction is a perennial media pattern — the internet was dead in 2000, mobile was killing the web in 2009, blockchain was going to kill everything, and no-code was going to eliminate engineering. None of it happened. The people making these claims, Rob argues, overwhelmingly have never built a SaaS company — or any company — and face zero accountability when they're wrong. Clicking on doom is free; being right is optional.
Every tech cycle spawns 'X is dead' takes — the internet in 2000, mobile killing the web, blockchain, no-code. None of them panned out. The people making these claims almost never built a company, and nobody comes back to check if they were right.
