Show Notes
Paul Mark Morris explains a major shift away from SaaS as agentic AI becomes accessible to non-programmers, citing his own use of OpenClaw to run task-completing AI agents and the implication that tools like CRMs can be built quickly without traditional development teams. He connects this disruption to falling SaaS valuations, highlighting Salesforce’s drop from $337B to $179B by March 2026 despite rising revenue, and argues markets are pricing in a broken seat-based SaaS model. Morris describes a rotation toward hard assets, prompted by a conversation with nine-figure entrepreneur Mike Lazarow (who sold a company to Salesforce for $785M), and outlines three real estate plays: data centers (via REITs like Equinix and Digital Realty), multifamily amid shrinking supply and a 2026 debt-maturity-driven distress window, and secondary-market residential growth driven by AI-enabled migration.
Timestamps 00:00:00 Disclaimer and Welcome 00:00:19 SaaS to Hard Assets Shift 00:00:46 Mike Lazarow Wake Up Call 00:02:07 Agentic AI Explained 00:03:01 OpenClaw Breakthrough 00:04:10 Building Your Own AI Agent 00:06:57 SaaS Valuations Collapse 00:11:22 Three Real Estate Plays 00:11:28 Data Centers via REITs 00:13:12 Multifamily Bedrock Thesis 00:15:55 Migration Economy Tailwind 00:18:11 Hard Assets Win in Disruption 00:19:11 Five Takeaways for Investors 00:21:43 Closing Thoughts and Call to Action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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