Founders push back on SaaS: 'bits and atoms is exponentially more meaningful'
edgarpavlovsky · x · 2026-10-06
barrettio argued that "the combination of bits and atoms is exponentially more meaningful than SaaS," telling ambitious people to take on physical-world problems instead. Quoting DeveloperHarris's call to stop building SaaS, he added that today's models are "too good not to" work on physical problems — reflecting the ongoing Silicon Valley shift from pure software toward hardware and physical AI.
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