Non-AI SaaS founder: 'My round is dead unless I add an AI slide.' Pick 3 honest investor responses.

Options

• Sad but true — market is closed
• Good founders pivot honestly
• I'd back great SaaS without AI theater
• They should bootstrap longer
• AI slide is harmless signaling
• LPs won't fund pure SaaS now
• Vertical SaaS still works
• They need a strategic acquirer not VC
• I'd fund if retention is elite
• Pivot to services — survival mode
• The best will refuse to fake AI
• Seed is open — they're pitching wrong
• I'd intro them to PE not VC
• Blame mega-fund concentration