Tools mentioned by Jason Lemkin
Software and services Jason Lemkin has mentioned across podcast appearances.
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Artisan
Recommended“Artisan and Qualified won SaaStr's business by offering hands-on training help, while competitors demanded $100k upfront or declined due to PR risk concerns about potential failures.”
Qualified
Recommended“Artisan and Qualified won SaaStr's business by offering hands-on training help, while competitors demanded $100k upfront or declined due to PR risk concerns about potential failures.”
Salesforce
by Salesforce
“Lemkin reveals his company's Salesforce spend dropped from ten seats to two while the annual bill rose from $12,000 to $22,000 — agents consume dramatically more tokens than humans while eliminating headcount.”
Replit
“When developers build inside Replit or Lovable, they ask the agent which tools to use rather than searching Google.”
Claude
by Anthropic
“Lemkin revealed he asked Claude to model the economic impact of cutting US tech headcount by 50%. The output projected $600-900B in GDP loss, 4-5 million total jobs eliminated including multiplier effects, and severe economic damage concentrated in five to six cities.”
Resend
“Vendors like Resend and WorkOS gained significant market share purely because AI coding agents defaulted to recommending them during app builds.”
HubSpot
by HubSpot
“Lemkin tested this directly and received HubSpot as the CRM recommendation. Vendors like Resend and WorkOS gained significant market share purely because AI coding agents defaulted to recommending them.”
Lovable
“When developers build inside Replit or Lovable, they ask the agent which tools to use rather than searching Google.”
SalesLoft
“Lemkin cites AI SDR tools like Artisan and Clay charging $100K where legacy tools like SalesLoft struggled to reach that figure.”
AgentForce
by Salesforce
“SaaStr reduced its sales team from eight people to one by deploying AgentForce for reactivation campaigns targeting lapsed sponsors. The agent achieved a 70% open rate, closed a $100K deal on a Saturday night.”
WorkOS
“Vendors like Resend and WorkOS gained significant market share purely because AI coding agents defaulted to recommending them during app builds.”
Clay
“Lemkin cites AI SDR tools like Artisan and Clay charging $100K where legacy tools like SalesLoft struggled to reach that figure.”
Claude
“Lemkin reports his marketing and customer success agents prefer OpenAI over Claude for most workflows.”
Claude 4
“Choose AI agent vendors based on implementation support quality over feature comparisons, as products run on similar underlying technology like Claude 4.”
OpenAI
by OpenAI
“Lemkin reports his marketing and customer success agents prefer OpenAI over Claude for most workflows.”