E43: How to Survive The SaaS Sell Off with Dipti Desai
In this episode we talked to Dipti Desai, the founder and CEO of Crstl, about why traditional SaaS pricing is dying and what actually makes software defensible in 2025. Rishabh posted on X that traditional SaaS doesn't survive the next two years. We talk about why vibe coding is a feature problem, not a cost problem. Zach tells a story about a friend with a door knocking app and a companion mobile app. Jeremiah tried to vibe code a trading bot. The code worked, but the math didn't math, describing his belief that domain expertise still matters. The underserved categories nobody wants to build…
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