Is SaaS on its way out? The future belongs to agents, according to Narada AI's CEO

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🗓️ 9 July 2025

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“SaaS is going away,” says Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting on a future where AI agents, not humans, navigate enterprise software on our behalf. Today on Equity, Park joins Rebecca Bellan on Equity to talk about the rise of agentic AI, what it actually is, how it differs from traditional automation, and what real-world changes enterprises need to make to deploy it at scale. The timing for the conversation is ripe: YC’s most recent batch included 70+ agentic startups, and major players like Grammarly are building full AI work stacks through partnerships and acquisitions. Listen to the full episode to hear more about: What most people misunderstand about automation and who’s getting caught in the agentic hype How tools like Narada could eventually help solopreneurs and smaller teams, not just the enterprise giants Why the future of software might not be “using” apps at all Equity will be back on Friday with our weekly news rundown, so don’t miss it! Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	I'm Rebecca Boulon, and this is the episode where we bring on industry experts to help us explore a trend in the tech world and dive deep.
1:00.2	Today, we're diving into one of the busiest and possibly most crowded frontiers in AI today.
1:07.4	Everyone seems to want a slice of agentic AI these days, with investors pouring in, YC's latest batch full of agenic startups,
1:10.5	and bigger players like grammarily building stacks around the idea.
1:13.7	What we're trying to learn today is what is actually behind the hype and is this the next real shift in enterprise software?
1:16.8	So today we're joined by Dave Park,
1:18.5	co-founder and CEO of Narada AI,
1:20.8	an enterprise AI assistant that executes tasks
1:23.4	across multiple work apps.
1:25.6	Dave, welcome to the show.
1:26.9	Thanks, Rebecca. Great to the show. Thanks, Rebecca.
1:28.4	Great to be on.
1:30.2	Yeah, tell us a little bit about your background and what you did right before, Narada.
1:32.5	I keep wanting to say Narada, but I know it's Narada.
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