alt Hacker NewsWhat happens if AI is a net loss for the tech industry? It's entirely plausible that AI kills the SaaS business, along with the web and mobile business, alongside large categories of software engineers/tech professionals.
While there might be new stuff, these business's are currently the ones funding AI - if they all get wiped or substantially reduced, then there will be less ai revenue then there is current tech revenue - potentially at reduced margins.
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cmiles8 • today at 6:59 PM
What happens? Then folks move on and build other businesses.
It’s been sort of funny to watch the tech industry realize that the main thing being disrupted by AI is tech itself.
I doubt it, and from what I hear it's the opposite. I sat with a potential client just today that had a sort of working mess of vibe coded stuff to handle parts of his business (one man show). He was now looking for a proper solution to replace because it took too much time to maintain, it was unstable, etc. He wanted something that just works that he can rely on.
I think a lot of SaaS tools have a great future. But they will require less engineers to build.