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Rob Walling

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Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

I would do it because I figure I'm going to sell and then I'm going to save on the taxes.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And now even after, isn't it like three years you get 50%, four years you get 75, and five years you get the full thing.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And I explained that all in the episode.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

But the thing that I wasn't sure about is QSBS means you have to sell the stock.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

So you can't do an asset sale.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And I know there's a lot of, there's a mix of asset and stock sales.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

So my question that I couldn't answer on there, and I specifically called out and said, I should ask Anar in a future episode.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Here we are at that future episode.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Around what ARR range or no, it's probably more like at what purchase price is a better way to ask this.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Do you see SaaS acquisitions changing from asset to stock purchase or vice versa?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Cool.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

So give or take, rule of thumb, you think about a million ARR and maybe five million exit price?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

That sounds about right.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And I had hinted at that in the episode, but I just wasn't certain.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

I'm sure I'd heard you say it at some point.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

I was kind of just quoting you on it.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

With that, let's dive in to our first topic of the day.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And I'm just going to give a warning to everyone.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

This is all AI all the time.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

I went out to look for any topic that would impact us and B2B SaaS, and I sifted through all the things, and it's just AI, AI, AI.