# The $2 Trillion AI Panic: Is SaaS Really Dead?

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Podcast: [HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/html-all-the-things-web-development-ai-and-developer-careers-863818)
Published: 2026-06-23T06:00:00+00:00
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Matt and Mike discuss the sudden hit that SaaS stock prices have hit in light of AI generating apps in just a few prompts. Is AI going to replace SaaS? Can it really replace all the iterations that SaaS products have been through over the years?

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