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Markets2026-06-07 · source-backed
After two highly-paid reps resigned during SaaStr Annual, founder Jason Lemkin declared he's done hiring humans in sales and stood up roughly 20 AI agents instead of backfilling. Source: Yahoo Finance A vivid, named test of whether agent-run sales can hold pipeline. I'd watch the outcome data, not the declaration. The gap between "I replaced my team" and "the pipeline held" is where these stories usually quietly die.
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