Peter Yang: AI Can Decompile and Rebuild Any Software, SaaS's Moat Is Eroding
petergyang · x · 2026-10-08
Peter Yang argues that anything you ship can now be decompiled and rebuilt by AI, making it increasingly hard to profit from software without proprietary data, distribution, or another edge. Traditional SaaS is especially vulnerable: it's expensive and full of human-facing features that agents don't need.
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