I Email All My Bots
#61

I Email All My Bots

Jordan and Brian unpack two MicroConf talks from Rob and Einar that frame the new reality of SaaS: faster building, faster competition, and more ways for products to get displaced. They then get practical about what that means for product strategy, pricing, annual billing, and where AI can actually help a small business stay durable.

Timestamps:
00:00: Intro and Rob’s MicroConf talk
03:30: Should founders be more paranoid?
06:17: Einar’s moat talk and what makes software valuable
10:13: Where services and productized services fit
13:46: Josh Pigford’s AI service model
17:26: Giving Grokbot recurring jobs
20:21: Claude does the work, Grokbot runs the pipeline
23:45: Getting bot output ready for quick approvals
27:20: Keeping marketing going between launches
33:10: Getting out of your head by building something
36:22: Jared’s A Pointlet and Little Desk
39:16: Fewer features and simpler annual pricing
43:18: Quarterly payments and annual commitments
46:14: Brian’s current favorite: Claude Opus 5.5
49:14: Elon, xAI, and the AI race
52:14: Weekend plans

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