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10 Things to Know Before You Deploy Your First AI SDR: The Very Latest with SaaStr’s Jason and Amelia
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (1817+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai, Vibe Coding We've now been running AI SDR agents for 10+ months at SaaStr. We use four different vendors in daily rotation (Artisan, Salesforce AgentForce, Qualified, and Monaco), we've sent hundreds…...
Be Honest If Growth Has Slowed. Is Your Product Still Magical? It Probably … Used to Be.
23+ hour, 31+ min ago (1352+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai When was the last time you were excited to buy a pre-AI SaaS tool? " Jason "SaaStr.Ai" Lemkin (@jasonlk) February 10, 2026 Let me ask you a simple question. When was the…...
20VC x SaaStr This Week: Anthropic Sues the Government, The Death of the Junior, and Why “Gentle Deceleration” is Over
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1241+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Blog Posts The latest from the 20VC x SaaStr collaboration with Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O'Driscoll Anthropic sued the federal government this week. Oracle and OpenAI scrapped plans to expand their flagship Stargate data center. Meta…...
We’re 60 Days Out from SaaStr AI Annual 2026. Last Chance to Apply to Speak. And Why You Should Sponsor.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (577+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Blog Posts May 12-14. SF Bay (San Mateo County Events Center). 40 acres. 300+ sessions. 10,000+ B2B and AI leaders. SaaStr AI Annual is 60 days away, and two clocks are ticking down fast: the final speaker submission window and the final custom…...
Being a “System of Record” Won’t Save You. It’ll Just Make Your Decline More Comfortable.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (806+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai I've been talking to a lot of B2B and AI leaders lately, and there's a narrative I keep hearing from incumbents that's starting to worry me: They're not wrong per se....
The 4 Levels of Prompt Portability: Why Some AI Agents Will Hold Retention and Most Won’t
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1218+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai We published a piece the other day " "The Wave of AI Agent Churn To Come: Prompts Are Portable" " and the responses were sharp and fierce." Especially: Every AI agent founder…...
Dear SaaStr: Do You Have to Have a Super Strong Brand Like SaaStr To Get AI SDRs to Work?
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1093+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Blog Posts, Q&A Honest answer: it helps. A lot. But it's not the thing that determines whether you succeed or fail. Let me explain what brand actually does " and doesn't " do for AI SDR performance, because…...
Dear SaaStr: Should I Run 20+ AI Agents the Way SaaStr Does?
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (817+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Q&A, SaaStr.Ai The honest answer: probably not entirely like us. But you should start now " because the gap between teams who have been running agents for 12 months and those who…...
The Cowan Paradox: Why AI Agents Won’t Let You Do Less Work. They’ll Make You Do More.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1834+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai AI agents don't free us from work. They make us do even more work to keep up with competition and customer expectations. Quarterly releases? Gone. Sales reps getting back to…...
20VC x SaaStr: The AI Power Grab — Anthropic Blinks, OpenAI Raises $110B, and Every CEO I Know Wants to Cut 40% of Their Team
1+ week, 3+ day ago (971+ words) by Jason Lemkin | Blog Posts Every week, Harry, Rory, and Jason sit down together to break down the biggest stories in AI and B2B." Here's the full breakdown " with all three perspectives, because they don't all agree. Rory's take: Dario was…...