The conference for leaders building software in the AI era
SOFTWARE
IS BEING
REBUILT
The question isn't whether AI changes software. It already has. The question is whether you're building what comes next — or being replaced by it.
Ten years.
One reset.
We built the world's leading community for B2B SaaS founders. We watched B2B software grow from a cottage industry into a global force. We ran the events where companies like Intercom, Paddle, and Personio got their start.
"The per-seat model built the industry. AI is breaking that link. This is not a cyclical problem. It is a structural one."
$2 trillion in SaaS market cap has been erased in early 2026. The SaaSpocalypse isn't coming — it's here. Every incremental budget dollar is flowing to AI infrastructure. The seat-based model is under existential pressure. Companies that fail to transition risk becoming zombie SaaS — profitable but stagnant, with no growth path.
So we burned it down. Not the community — never the community. But the category. The "SaaS conference" framing. The positioning that puts us on the wrong side of where the world is going. We are reimagining what this event is, who it serves, and what it needs to say.
Shift AI is the conference for founders building software in the AI era. The transformers navigating the platform shift. The builders creating AI-native companies from scratch. The allocators deciding where the next decade of software budgets flows. This is where that conversation happens.
erased in Q1 2026
budget flowing to AI
of AI-native companies
to agentic platforms
Two continents.
One conversation.
EUROPE
Where European software is being rebuilt. Two days of unfiltered founder conversation on the AI platform shift — playbooks, not presentations. Registration opens May 2026.
USA
The US edition of Shift AI — bringing the same founder-first ethos to the world's largest software market. Registration opening soon.
Three kinds
of leader.
One room.
The Transformer
You built a SaaS company. It's real, it's growing, and AI is now an existential question. You need the playbook for the platform shift — how to reprice, rebuild your GTM, and stay relevant when agents are replacing the seats you sell.
The Builder
You're building AI-native from scratch. You've seen Lovable reach $100M ARR with 50 people. You know the old rules don't apply. You want the community that helped build B2B SaaS to help build what comes next.
The Allocator
You're a VC, an operator-turned-investor, or an enterprise buyer with real budget. You need to be in the room where founders are making bets — not the room where they're presenting decks.
Built on 10 years of trust
"We built a $10M ARR company on the per-seat model. Last year I realised that model was going to be the problem, not the solution. The conversations I had at SaaStock were the ones that helped me figure out what to do next. Shift AI is where I'm going to figure out whether I got it right."
"We're rebuilding our entire product around AI agents. The questions I have, nobody has written a playbook for yet. This is the room where we figure it out together."
"There's a massive divide building between AI first founders and other founders who are moving too slow. After interviewing 3,800+ founders on my podcast, the winners and fast growers are building AI into everything they do. The best way to catch up on the latest strategy is to meet these fast growing founders at events created by Alex and his team at Shift AI. Don't miss Shift Europe!"
