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Markets2026-07-28 · source-backed
Sam Blond (Monaco co-founder, previously CRO at Brex, reviewed ~200 AI sales startups at Founders Fund) argues that once agents qualify the leads humans close, individual attribution disappears and per-rep commission math stops functioning. His prescription: shift compensation to total enterprise value optimization before agents force the issue. First widely-reported framing of AI disruption hitting the compensation layer rather than headcount, and the more disruptive of the two because comp plans are contractual. (SaaStr)
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SaaStr uses Monaco / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
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