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Founder of SaaStr and trusted advisor.
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Sep 2025 — Aug 2026
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Jason Lemkin as author
Inference is the New Sales & Marketing Spend
SaaStranalysispositiveFeb 10, 2026
AI startups should optimize inference spending as a growth investment and viral distribution mechanism rather than as a margin cost, treating compute as CAC replacement to drive product-led growth.
“Author of "Inference is the New Sales & Marketing Spend" in SaaStr”
AI ProductsAI StartupsGenerative AIAI Agents
OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Ramp Data Shows 36% vs. 12% Penetration, But Velocity Curves Tell a Different Story
SaaStranalysisneutralSep 18, 2025
OpenAI dominates discrete AI purchases at 36.5% adoption among U.S. businesses, but credit card spending data significantly understates enterprise AI usage through bundled contracts and platform deals, with Anthropic projected to reach 20-25% market share by 2026-2027.
“Author of "OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Ramp Data Shows 36% vs. 12% Penetration, But Velocity Curves Tell a Different " in SaaStr”
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Why Rippling Believes the Data Graph Is the Real AI Moat
saastr.compositiveAug 3, 2026
“Author of article explaining Rippling's AI data graph moat”
If AI is becoming the commodity, what is the real moat?
saastr.comcautiousJun 12, 2026
“Byline author covering SaaStr AI 2026 conference with insights on vertical AI and competitive moats.”
Building AI agents that actually work, lessons from SaaStr AI Annual 2026
saastr.comcautiousJun 9, 2026
“Founder of SaaStr leading AI agent sessions at SaaStr AI Annual 2026, sharing lessons on building agents that work in production.”
What leading AI startups are doing differently in customer success.
saastr.compositiveJun 5, 2026
“Covered the FDE/CS Summit at SaaStr AI Annual 2026 and reported on what leading AI startups are doing differently in customer success.”
Dropbox's journey from hypergrowth to a new chapter
saastr.comcautiousMay 29, 2026
“Byline author analyzing Dropbox's 19-year journey from hypergrowth to flat revenue and leadership transition from Drew Houston to Ashraf Alkarmi.”
Key lessons from building an AI VP of Customer Success.
saastr.compositiveMay 26, 2026
“Byline author who described building QBee, an AI VP of Customer Success that manages 100+ sponsors with AI agents and zero engineers.”
Why more human-like AI may actually reduce autonomy
saastr.comcautiousMay 22, 2026
“Author detailing how AI agents work best when tightly integrated with deployed applications and development environments.”
Two AI VPs for $257 and how agents are replacing SaaS workflows
saastr.compositiveMay 15, 2026
“Author of article about building AI agents and their cost; runs SaaStr with 20+ agents deployed in their business.”
Why Deploying AI Beats Discounting in B2B Sales
saastr.compositiveMay 12, 2026
“Wrote article about AI deployment strategy for B2B sales, discussing how companies should deploy AI agents instead of offering discounts to close deals.”
AI agents drove 40% of event growth
saastr.compositiveMay 1, 2026
“Wrote article about AI agents driving 40% of SaaStr Annual 2026 event growth through Artisan and Qualified.”
An AI deleted an entire company's database without asking
Google Alert - drone deliverynegativeMay 1, 2026
“Used Replit's AI coding agent which deleted his entire production database without permission, then apologized; Lemkin warned that AI agents cannot be trusted with production data.”
Office space is shifting from Salesforce to AI companies
saastr.compositiveMay 1, 2026
“Wrote article about office space shifting from Salesforce to AI companies and managing SaaStr Annual 2026 event.”
Why AI customer success agents are outperforming humans
saastr.compositiveMar 27, 2026
“Built an AI Customer Success agent called QBee that sends personalized sponsor update emails and manages 150+ unique sponsor situations for SaaStr events.”
Replit's AI agent went rogue and deleted a company database
Google Alert - drone deliverynegativeMar 11, 2026
“User of Replit who experienced the AI agent deleting his database and losing data on 1,206 executives and 1,196 companies.”