{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI & I","title":"If SaaS Is Dead, Linear Didn't Get the Memo","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/97b02eb5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3169,"description":"Founded in 2019, Linear is the rare company started pre-ChatGPT to have successfully reinvented itself as an agent-native business.\nOn this episode of AI & I, Dan Shipper sat down with Karri Saarinen, cofounder and CEO of the product management tool, to discuss building a platform where humans and agents develop software together—and why the \"SaaSpocalypse\" isn’t coming for all SaaS companies. \nIf you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! \nTo hear more from Dan Shipper:\nSubscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe \nFollow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper \nVisit  https://scl.ai/dialect to learn more about Dialect, a new system from Scale AI.\nTimestamps:\n0:00 Introduction \n2:00 Why Linear waited to ship AI features instead of rushing to chatbots \n5:06 Linear's agent platform and becoming the system that guides AI agents \n7:42 Why \"SaaS is dead\" is a simplistic narrative \n12:18 How Linear adopted AI coding tools\n17:45 AI's impact on product building workflows—speed versus thoughtfulness \n22:18 The value of conceptual work and thinking before shipping \n29:30 How AI is reshaping Linear's product strategy  \n37:18 Demo: Linear's agent skills, shared context, and code review workflow \n47:48 The future of product development and the enduring role of human judgment","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tpm1hNSy8JXTtPDypo5McPF0S6eDqruRTGYywu9SVrc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDM2/YzU4NDNmYTQxNTJh/MTEzYjE4YmJmYTg5/ODY1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}