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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

So that is the episode today.

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

If you don't like AI, I'll be back again next Tuesday morning.

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

But first topic is an article that we will link up in the show notes called AI is Killing B2B SaaS.

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

And I think my question, and I'll kick it to Tracy first, is, is AI killing B2B SaaS or will it just be subscription software by another name?

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

Is the market overreacting?

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

Because as we're recording this, the stock market is brutalizing some public SaaS companies.

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

What are your thoughts?

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

One thing I was really surprised by in this piece, which is actually pretty well written.

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

There's some things I quibble with, but one fact that he was displaying was that HubSpot and Klaviyo are down 30%.

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

And analysts are writing notes titled, no reasons to own software stocks.

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

And when I think of how complicated HubSpot and Klaviyo is, it's like, no one's, you're not going to vibe code those.

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

Like that, it is probably more powerful than Drip.

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

And Drip is complicated as

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

And so I'm just like, anyways, with that in mind, Einar Volset, what are your thoughts on this topic?

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

When oversold, you mean people have been selling them, so they're going down and you think it's

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

Yeah.

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

And so I, here's the thing.

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

When I say SaaS isn't dead and I roll my eyes, people say, well, of course you say that because you're all, everything you have is built on SaaS.

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

And you know, you know what?

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

That's not actually true.