# We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here’s what happened | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)

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Podcast: [Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lenny-s-podcast)
Published: 2026-01-01T13:31:28+00:00
Episode link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/we-replaced-our-sales-team-with-20-ai-agents
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## Resource

Jason Lemkin is the founder of SaaStr, the world’s largest community for software founders, and a veteran SaaS investor who has deployed over $200 million into B2B startups. After his last salesperson quit, Jason made a radical decision: replace his entire go-to-market team with AI agents. What started as an experiment has transformed into a new operating model, where 20 AI agents managed by just 1.2 humans now do the work previously handled by a team of 10 SDRs and AEs. In this conversation, Jason shares his hands-on experience implementing AI to run his sales org, including what works, what doesn’t, and how the GTM landscape is quickly being transformed. We discuss: 1. How AI is fundamentally changing the sales function 2. Why most SDRs and BDRs will be “extinct” within a year 3. What Jason is observing across his portfolio about AI adoption in GTM 4. How to become “hyper-employable” in the age of AI 5. The specific AI tools and tactics he’s using that have been working best 6. Practical frameworks for integrating AI into your sales motion without losing what works 7. Jason’s 2026 predictions on where SaaS and GTM are heading next — Brought to you by: DX —The developer intelligence platform designed by leading researchers Vercel —Your collaborative AI assistant to design, iterate, and scale full-stack applications for the web Datadog —Now home to Eppo, the leading experimentation and feature flagging platform — Transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/we-replaced-our-sales-team-with-20-ai-agents — My biggest takeaways (for paid newsletter subscribers): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/182902716/my-biggest-takeaways-from-this-conversation — Where to find Jason Lemkin: • X: https://x.com/jasonlk • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmlemkin • Website: ht…

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