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Re:The End of SaaS? by bigyabai on Thursday June 26, 2025 @04:41PM (#44391121)
It depends on the company. In a certain sense, many SaaS products are more "software" than "service" and are therefore dead-on-arrival when competitors can undercut them or provide a local alternative. We've all seen the $10/mo AI inference apps that nobody uses, or the many transcription services that died with on-device NLP going mainstream.

So... AI accelerates the demise of stupid businesses and reinforces the value proposition of irreplaceable services. As a whole I would say that is a negative to a market that relies on "disruption" economics to stay afloat and continue raising capital.

Re:The End of SaaS? by afaik on Thursday June 26, 2025 @06:09PM (#44391974)
Yeah agree that AI/LLMs will replace _certain_ types of software products!

I also believe someone could build/replace a product with 100% LLM written code - I just don't believe the effort involved in the building/maintenance of it is so low that it's worth doing.