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Rob Walling · 328 episodes with transcripts

The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder.

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Episode 855 | The Eight SaaS Moats that Still Work in the Age of AI

October 20, 2026

Rob Walling (0:00)

You're listening to Startups for the Rest of Us. I'm Rob Walling. In this episode, I welcome Einar Vollset back on the show, and we record what I think might be the most important episode of the year, maybe of the past couple years. You'll notice that the runtime on this episode is longer than usual, because I just…

And this episode is a collaboration between Einar and I, where we talk through the eight SaaS motes that we believe still work in the age of AI.

Einar Vollset (4:00)

Thanks for having me.

Rob Walling (4:01)

We are having maybe the most serious conversation on this show of the past year or two. There's a lot of episodes. Show up, answer a few listener questions. But just so folks are prepared, it's going to be obviously a longer episode. But it's really our take on the state of SaaS in the age of AI.

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