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Your customers can now build your replacement during your downtime
◆ 85RelevanceOn a story from SaaStr3h ago
The switching cost for core services is collapsing as AI agents make it trivial to build internal alternatives during a single outage. If your product's logic can be replicated by an agent in 24 hours, your primary moat is gone.
Takeaways
- Downtime is no longer just a lapse in service; it is a churn event.
- AI agents allow customers to build custom, internal versions of your core features.
- Defensibility must move beyond features that an agent can replicate overnight.
Read the original at saastr.com
Our Core Vendor Was Down for 24 Hours. Our AI Agent Replaced Them Before They Came Back Up.
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