The AI SaaSpocalypse is a mirage
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The 'SaaSpocalypse' narrative — that AI agents will make enterprise SaaS obsolete — is challenged with evidence and practitioner perspectives. While AI has dramatically lowered the cost of building software, the cost of maintaining what you build has not dropped proportionally. Engineering leaders from CircleCI, Wayfound, and Sonar argue that the build-vs-buy decision is fundamentally about long-term ownership, not short-term build cost. Systems of record, compliance infrastructure, and accumulated domain data remain defensible moats that agents depend on rather than replace. LinearB data shows AI-generated code waits 4.6x longer for review and is twice as likely to be reverted, underscoring the hidden maintenance burden. The recommended playbook: build small to learn the problem cheaply, then buy deliberately to scale.
