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Richard Farrell

AI agents aren’t the end of SaaS – they’re driving its next phase of growth

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For the past year, one idea has dominated conversations about enterprise technology: AI agents will replace Software as a Service (SaaS). It’s a compelling case on paper. If AI can reason across tools, write code, execute workflows, and interact with systems through APIs, then traditional SaaS applications start to look like unnecessary middlemen.

Seats become less relevant. User interfaces matter less. Software becomes cheaper to build. Custom internal tools become easier to create.

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