What happens when a group of passionate AI innovators and builders come together to exchange ideas, challenge the status quo, and push the boundaries of innovation? SaaSBoomi’s IndAI Demos.

AI is the dawn of the second machine age. We are moving on from intelligent human beings operating dumb machines to intelligent machines doing the work for humans. Winners in AI are being defined by a mix of GPU Access, amount of data scraped, research done and models created before regulation kicks in, and a head-start in the market.

We’ve curated Annual 25′ for founders and the SaaS community to use as a springboard to explore beyond the horizon. We are on the brink of a significant transformation that will impact humanity’s future. A new age is emerging, where founders who effectively combine artificial intelligence, industry knowledge, software advancements, and a focus on human-centred services will establish leading and thriving enterprises.

On November 21, 2024, the SaaSBoomi IndAI Demos brought together some of the brightest minds in AI to a vibrant event hosted in Bengaluru.

Spyne has eschewed positioning itself as a low-cost alternative to legacy incumbents – a common playbook for Indian SaaS players – and has instead established itself as a premium high-quality offering accessible to all segments of the industry.
Spyne has proven that complex AI solutions can be sold and deployed globally without expensive field sales and services by productizing their domain expertise into a suite of self-serve demos and easy onboarding workflows.

The AI transformation sweeping through enterprise software isn’t merely a technological shift – it’s a business model revolution disguised as a technology upgrade. 

At its heart lies a tectonic shift in how software creates value for businesses, as the traditional paradigm of software-as-a-service gives way to something far more powerful: “service-as-software.”

As we prepare for SaaSBoomi Annual ’25, one question comes to the centre. How much of the content should be about AI? We had differing opinions. We then ran a survey with founders. The verdict was that 90% of the content should be about AI and how to understand the opportunities. There was also a fear of missing out and the apprehensions about what this transition could mean to our companies.

Today, software is a tool to enhance productivity, but with AI models, softwa®e will do the work. What happens when a model can do most of the work of an accountant, lawyer, or doctor? It changes the market for software to the market for “work”.

Shekhar leveraged his many decades of nurturing startups experience and generously shared insights on a broad set of ideas. This blog tries to capture the key messages that resonate with startups.