Tailor-made AI software will disrupt the off-the-shelf enterprise SaaS stack
Surajit Chatterjee · Coinbase's ex-CPO bet on AI agents before ChatGPT—now he's closing 7-figure Fortune 500 deals. | ... · PMF Show · May 11, 2026 · at 23:49
Surajit Chatterjee, founder of enterprise AI platform Ema and former Coinbase CPO, discusses the market transition from off-the-shelf SaaS to custom AI agents.
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“I think we are going to get into the era now where the telemade trousers can be cheaper and faster than readymade. So telemade software, right, can be, is cheaper and faster to deploy actually. And that's a big step forward. I think the entire enterprise stack is going to get disrupted.”
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