How to Build a SaaS Business That Survives AI
Everyone says SaaS is dead. It isn't, but what makes it valuable has moved. Code used to be the barrier to building software, which is why only people with real capital ever got a product to market. That barrier is gone, and what's left is knowing an industry well enough to constrain an AI into doing one job properly. Jordan spent five years building a health and fitness app the expensive way: a cheap web app first, then a mid tier mobile build, then paying again for the version that actually worked. This episode is what he'd do instead if he had to start today, and what he's doing right now to prototype the next version. Covered: why the MVP still matters, why the middle of any market is the dead zone, what a build that used to cost hundreds of thousands costs now, why vibe coding still isn't production quality, and what a guardrail business actually is. 00:00 Everyone says SaaS is dead 01:01 What building software used to take 01:25 The mistake that cost me the most 03:16 Cheap or premium, and why the middle dies 04:29 Beta testing and the feedback loop 05:33 What that same build costs now 06:08 Vibe code is not production quality 07:07 The moat moved from cash to knowledge 08:21 Why I'm giving this away 08:53 Guardrail SaaS, and how to build one 12:44 Why I think this survives 14:04 Build something worth buying 15:05 Where to start https://www.incheckfit.com/
