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