Saastr · 1 November 2026 · Operating Insight

Our Core Vendor Was Down for 24 Hours. Our AI Agent Replaced Them Before They Came Back Up.

Jason Lemkin, GP @ SaaStr

SaaStr's AI agent autonomously identified and replaced a core vendor after a 24-hour outage with poor communication, switching costs and sunk prepayment no longer protecting B2B software from agent-driven churn.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Enterprise Software

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