"We could see the SaaS apocalypse coming five years before it came."

Ian Hogg is Chairman of SolvedBy.ai and ShopWorks. He partners with SaaS leadership teams to embed practical, vertical AI engines into their products — not generic copilots, but AI built for specific operational contexts like workforce scheduling, demand forecasting, and labour efficiency. For any executive navigating software vendor decisions in an AI-first world, Ian offers one of the sharpest ground-level frameworks available.

In this episode:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 — Three buckets: simple SaaS already dead, complex SaaS racing to re-engineer, and AI-first SaaS coming for both
𝗥𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝘁 — What AI-first re-engineering actually looks like inside a running SaaS business, bolt by bolt
𝗖𝗘𝗢-𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — Why a CEO who rebuilt the company website over a weekend using Claude Code changed the culture of a 100-person business faster than any strategy deck
𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 — Why "cautious and conservative" is now an organizational liability — and how top-down AI leadership breaks through it
𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝗮 — The application-build test every new hire at SolvedBy.ai must pass — including marketing
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀 — Red flags, QBR questions, and what a real AI roadmap from your supplier should look like right now
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲-𝗣𝗲𝗿-𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 — Running a 19-person global operation and why humans still need to get on a plane to Denmark
𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖-𝗦𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽? — The one board-level question that separates companies that will survive from those that won't

For CEOs, board members, and transformation leaders navigating software vendor decisions and internal AI adoption — this episode gives you the framework and the diagnostic questions to act before the apocalypse reaches your stack.

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