Will AI Boom Spell Doom for SaaS? [Video]

Few debates are as perplexing as the future of SaaS in an AI-driven world. Will AI be a disruptor or will SaaS adapt, change its game, and flourish? 

Among the many AI presentations at SaaStr and SaasBoomi, the SaaS community events, one stood out. The founder of Ema, an AI employee company, said that SaaS will be dead with AI agents taking over the workplace and getting things done without having to navigate applications.

But there are naysayers.

“SaaS isn’t dying. It’s adapting, evolving, and positioning itself for the next era of innovation. Much like the humans evolving to leverage AI, SaaS too will evolve, transforming the way we work, interact, and grow,” said Deepak Anchala, the founder of Slintel, a 6sense company and also a GSF incubated/portfolio startup that gave an excellent exit.

Anchala, who’s about to launch another venture to redefine SaaS, believes that any SaaS company that fails to fundamentally rethink its workflows …