François Fleuret: pre-AI software is awful, coding AI will rebuild what SaaS solves
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-08
Meta researcher François Fleuret weighed in on whether per-user AI-generated software could replace SaaS, noting a SaaS's value comes from engineers interviewing hundreds of users, while coding is just a constant cost.
His claims: (1) current "pre-AI" software is generally awful; (2) coding AI will know the field, best practices, every GUI and protocol design principle, and be extraordinarily good at interviewing users and implementing what they actually need — reshaping the logic of fixed-interface SaaS.
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