SaaS (Software as a Service)
A delivery model where software is provided as a cloud subscription instead of local installation
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What is SaaS?
SaaS stands for Software as a Service.
Instead of installing software on each machine, users access it through the web and pay on a subscription basis.
How does it work?
Most SaaS products run on shared cloud infrastructure with account-based access control. Vendors manage updates, security patches, and operations centrally, while customers use the service without maintaining the full stack themselves.
Why does it matter?
In the AI agent era, value shifts from "human-only UI usage" to "agent-ready execution interfaces."
That means SaaS teams increasingly need to design pricing, API quality, and governance together, not UI alone.
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