{"id":307675,"date":"2025-02-03T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/?p=307675"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:52:18","slug":"one-thing-is-clear-ai-makes-a-lot-of-business-software-look-awfully-expensive-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/one-thing-is-clear-ai-makes-a-lot-of-business-software-look-awfully-expensive-today\/","title":{"rendered":"One Thing is Clear: AI Makes a Lot of Business Software Look Awfully Expensive Today.  Is Deflation Coming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50 cents of compute for 500 dollars of value<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Altman (@sama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1886222189269065758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>So just how much will AI remake classic B2B software? \u00a0We are still learning.<\/h3>\n<p>On the one hand, new AI-first entrants are rocketing to $10m ARR in a year. \u00a0On the other hand, the classic leaders in SaaS have rebounded from 2024 lows both in terms of growth and market caps. \u00a0And all the leaders in SaaS are leaning in on AI, from Salesforce to Asana to HubSpot to ServiceNow and more.<\/p>\n<h3>One thing does seem clear though: \u00a0AI makes SaaS look expensive.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There have been so many price increases since 2021, many apps are 40% or more expensive than they were in 2021. \u00a0With very little to show for it.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone is pushing hard on upsells, but for what? \u00a0To raise prices even more?<\/li>\n<li>The power of OpenAI or Claude for $20\/month is jaw dropping. \u00a0Almost no SaaS app provides that much value.<\/li>\n<li>DeepSeek has, at least in theory, cut the price of AI for SaaS as much as 90% overnight.<\/li>\n<li>The power of Cursor, Replit, etc. shows how much you can get on the dev side in AI for just a small amount of spend. \u00a0The ROI here can be 100x or more. \u00a0And in Classic B2B \u2014 you are raising my prices this quarter \u2026 <strong>again<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307677 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098.jpeg?resize=1080%2C672&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"672\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-1735x1080.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-980x611.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-480x299.jpeg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/672;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307677\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098.jpeg?resize=1080%2C672&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-1735x1080.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-980x611.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7098-480x299.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Right now, many vendors are looking for AI in SaaS to be, in essence, inflationary. \u00a0To charge even more for resolutions, for actions. \u00a0On top of a fairly expensive base price.<\/p>\n<h3>Salesforce charges $2 per \u201cconversation\u201d for AgentForce \u2014 on top of $250\/month or more per seat.<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307681 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1080%2C652&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"652\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1789%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=600%2C362&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=768%2C464&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1536%2C927&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=2048%2C1237&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1080%2C652&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1280%2C773&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=980%2C592&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=480%2C290&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/652;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1080%2C652&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1789%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=600%2C362&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=768%2C464&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1536%2C927&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=2048%2C1237&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1080%2C652&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=1280%2C773&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=980%2C592&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?resize=480%2C290&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-9.12.36%E2%80%AFAM.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>Zendesk is charging an extra $50 a month or more for its &#8220;Advanced&#8221; AI:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zendesk.com\/pricing\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-309389 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=613%2C828&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"828\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=800%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=445%2C600&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 445w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=768%2C1036&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1080%2C1457&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=980%2C1322&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=480%2C648&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?w=741&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 741w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 613px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 613\/828;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-309389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=613%2C828&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=800%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=445%2C600&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 445w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=768%2C1036&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1080%2C1457&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=980%2C1322&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=480%2C648&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.50.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?w=741&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>But will it hold? \u00a0I wonder. \u00a0AI makes SaaS look expensive.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An example is the contact center. \u00a0What most leaders in the contact center are seeing is 2 steps forward, 1 step back in terms of economics. \u00a0On the one hand, everyone from Zendesk to Intercom to Gorgias to Salesforce can charge more \u2014 for now \u2014 for AI agents in support. \u00a0On the other hand, as part of that, many are reducing the number of seats and human agents by 20%-40%. \u00a0So while customer are spending more overall with AI added, they are also buying fewer seats. \u00a0It\u2019s happening everywhere. \u00a0Inflation and deflation together.<\/p>\n<h3>Where will this lead? \u00a0What if SaaS vendors can\u2019t charge anything extra for agents and resolutions? \u00a0HubSpot isn\u2019t charging more &#8211; yet.<\/h3>\n<p>Then it might be deflationary there, too. \u00a0If we can\u2019t charge more in the end for AI agents and AI.\u00a0 And we also just need that much less &#8230; traditional SaaS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can easily enable something like Deep Research at 10-100x lower pricing, using a custom version of R1. Would first like to know what prompts you want those long answers for, and are you okay with it being a refinement option at the end of an answer or want a separate toggle.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AravSrinivas\/status\/1886497667024609683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And if DeepSeek and more drops the costs of AI two orders of magnitude over the coming 24 months, can we really still charge $2 for an agent to resolve a ticket \u2014 on top of a per seat fee? \u00a0Are you sure?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307676 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C675&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"675\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-980x662.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-480x324.jpeg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/675;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307676\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C675&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-980x662.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_7097-480x324.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is SaaS got very expensive the past 2-3 years. \u00a0As growth slowed, almost everyone looked to price increases. \u00a0Even leaders like Canva that were always cheap \u2026 raised prices dramatically for their enterprise edition.<\/p>\n<p>Those days may be over. \u00a0AI, if nothing else, may put pricing pressure on SaaS. \u00a0Paying $30-$300 a month for basic workflows, when best of breeed AI is only $20 \u2026 sure seems like almost \u2026 a rip-off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/google-deepmind\/gemini-model-updates-february-2025\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-308198 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C339&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"339\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-980x332.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-480x163.jpeg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/339;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-308198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C339&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-980x332.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7131-480x163.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>And be honest &#8212; is your product much, much better today than 24 months ago? \u00a0A true leap and step forward?<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s what the market is beginning to expect, even outside of the early adopters.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what AI promises.\u00a0 Software is so much better than it was just 24 months ago.\u00a0 Is your app?<\/p>\n<p>If not, hurry up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone in SaaS is trying to raise prices for their AI. $2 per resolution (SFDC), $50 \/ month (Zendesk)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f But AI makes every product so much better, it raises the bar dramatically on what customers expect<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc9So it&#39;s really deflationary<\/p>\n<p>Get ahead of that. Or get caught by it<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason \u2728\ud83d\udc7eSaaStr 2025 is May 13-15\u2728 Lemkin (@jasonlk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonlk\/status\/1895572683284197530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Today, AI feels inflationary for SaaS. \u00a0Driving up ACVs. \u00a0But it could soon turn deflationary. \u00a0If every vendor includes 100 AI Agents for the same price as before. \u00a0That do 10x as much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 cents of compute for 500 dollars of value &mdash; Sam Altman (@sama) February 3, 2025 So just how much will AI remake classic B2B software? \u00a0We are still learning. 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