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Anish Acharya

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2756 total appearances

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

But now with coding agents, the complexity of transitioning from SAP to Oracle is dramatically lower, the speed, the risk.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

But now with coding agents, the complexity of transitioning from SAP to Oracle is dramatically lower, the speed, the risk.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

So that is how I think coding agents shows up in enterprise software, especially amongst public names.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

So that is how I think coding agents shows up in enterprise software, especially amongst public names.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Decrease switching costs, more customers, less hostages, which is a positive incentive for the entire ecosystem.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Decrease switching costs, more customers, less hostages, which is a positive incentive for the entire ecosystem.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

If history is any guide, and to reference Alex, he would say that it often is.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

If history is any guide, and to reference Alex, he would say that it often is.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Those who have actually studied history tend to do better than those who have not.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Those who have actually studied history tend to do better than those who have not.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

What I would say is that when you have this product cycle and you have a capable incumbent, what happens is they usually make their product better for their existing categories.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

What I would say is that when you have this product cycle and you have a capable incumbent, what happens is they usually make their product better for their existing categories.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Microsoft will make a better word processor than they've ever made.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Microsoft will make a better word processor than they've ever made.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Google will make a better search engine than they've ever made.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

Google will make a better search engine than they've ever made.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

We're actually starting to see that, some of that anyway.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

We're actually starting to see that, some of that anyway.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

What you instead see is the native categories that did not exist before the product cycle being owned by startups.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z

What you instead see is the native categories that did not exist before the product cycle being owned by startups.