Saastr · 11 November 2026 · Operating Insight

Our Agents Never Picked Canva. 10 Learnings on Agent Pricing, Getting Picked, and Security From This Week’s “The Agents” With Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt

Jason Lemkin, GP @ SaaStr

An in-depth operating playbook on how autonomous agents reshape vendor selection, pricing strategy, and GTM execution—with real examples from SaaStr's own agent deployments and lessons on what works (charging for real agent value) versus what fails (surprise per-action billing, suite anxiety).

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Enterprise Software · Marketing & Sales Tech

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