SaaS *is* dead. But not because AI "killed" it, because AI killed it
16 Jul 2026 • 4 mins • coding-agents, llm SaaS *is* dead. But not because AI "killed" it, because AI killed it. Agentic Control for Software Engineers Article 1 of 2 1.
- ▪16 Jul 2026 • 4 mins • coding-agents, llm SaaS *is* dead.
- ▪But not because AI "killed" it, because AI killed it.
- ▪Agentic Control for Software Engineers Article 1 of 2 1.
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| Original publisher | Avivcarmi |
| Canonical URL | https://avivcarmi.com/saas-is-dead/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:38:15 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-20T15:53:38.903Z |
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16 Jul 2026 • 4 mins • coding-agents, llm SaaS *is* dead. But not because AI "killed" it, because AI killed it. Agentic Control for Software Engineers Article 1 of 2 1. SaaS Is Dead ← You are here 2. Agentic Control for Software Engineers Normally, having to explain a joke is a bad sign, but since you couldn’t see my facial expressions while typing this title, I might have to explain what I meant. And why this is hilariously ironic. Thing is, all those Anthropic news reporters (roughly every other person who posted on LinkedIn in ‘25-‘26) claimed “SaaS is dead” so many times, each time with a different “this is the end of the world as we know it” explosive title, where the underlying statement is always the same: vibe coding has made SaaS irrelevant. Yet again.
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