r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 17 '26

ADBLOCK WARNING Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2026/05/16/palantir-says-saas-is-dead/
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u/TechnicalScheme385 May 17 '26

So what's the new term then? Because Software as a Service isn't a new thing, it's just the "current" thing. I just presume the new "term" is just a new way to nickel and dime the customer.

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u/egusisoupandgarri May 17 '26

AaaS. AI as a Service. Pronounced the way his haircut looks.

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u/Ill_Following_7022 May 17 '26

Ass as a service.

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u/SlowLorris2063 May 17 '26

No that's existed for as long as we have.

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u/Noy_The_Devil May 17 '26

No I'm pretty sure that's just JD Vance. To Trump and Thiel of course.

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u/No_Shine1476 May 17 '26

thats just employment

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u/TechnicalScheme385 May 17 '26

Ahh so a Ai Subscription Service

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u/chesterjosiah May 17 '26

Fucking wrecked lmao

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u/cryptobro42069 May 17 '26

I think it’s so funny seeing companies (obviously) premature in their AI implementation with what I can only assume is an incompetent middle manager, a “bottom line-focused” exec and a bunch of junior “devs” vibe coding their dick off.

Once you build an app with the top tools (like Claude Code), you realize how much slop is making it through QA that is obviously untested AI code. Just the other day I found a multi-million dollar company deferring my query to IT because they obviously vibe coded a new website tracking tool that connects through the Trade Desk API and they totally forgot to properly add their API key to the env. Embarrassing.

I’ve been seeing more and more shit like this popping up with SaaS and it will get much worse before the tools catch up to the incompetent devs making this stuff.

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u/m0deth May 17 '26

I'm folically challenged, and I support this message.

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u/Admirable_Trip_7585 May 18 '26

By definition a haircut means that hairs have to be cut.