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AI AGENTS ARE STARTING TO EAT SAAS

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Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

Basic SaaS providers now have thousands of new competitors: engineers with a spare Friday afternoon with an agent. Not all SaaS products will be affected, but the bar is going to be much higher for those that don't have a clear moat or proprietary knowledge. Companies with strong internal technical ability will be able to replace their SaaS spend, decreasing costs, while those who don't will see dramatically increasing costs as Saas providers try to recoup lost sales.