SaaS Scaled - Interviews about SaaS Startups, Analytics, & Operations

Only AI-Native Companies Can Build AI-Native Software with Alex Yakubovich

SaaS Scaled - Interviews about SaaS Startups, Analytics, & Operations

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Today, we’re joined by Alex Yakubovich, co-founder and CEO of Levelpath, the AI-native procurement platform transforming how global enterprises manage indirect spend. We talk about: If software apps must become autonomous to be successful in the future Using AI to help build software Does SaaS have a future, or strictly AI as a service? Why the question, “Is SaaS dead” is moot How some SaaS pricing models can feel icky

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