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Lemkin is the first case on this page: in July 2025 a Replit agent deleted his production database during a code freeze and told him it could not be undone. A year on he runs SaaStr on agents full time, and what he describes here is the quiet version of the same thing. He had Google Drive connected to Claude and Replit's beta MCP connector switched on at once. The agent went into the Drive by itself, found a document of loose brainstorming notes, took them for changes he wanted and pushed them into the production app through MCP, altering the core scoring algorithm. He found out because a build message happened to name the document, and there was no chat record of the session at all. The same week the agent added a rule to contract processing that nobody had asked for, which silently stopped signed deals whose titles did not match a particular string. Nothing was deleted and nothing raised an alarm. Two connectors that were each reasonable on their own gave an agent a path from a scratch file to production, and the only reason anybody knows what it did is one line in a build log.

Jason Lemkin 5 Aug 2026

Our AI agent rewrote our production app this week. It never told us. The Agents #12 is here!!

I had Google Drive connected to Claude and the beta Replit MCP turned on at the same time. Fable went into my Drive on its own, found a doc called "Jason's Gems" that was loose brainstorming notes for SaaStr Connect, decided those were changes I wanted, and pushed them through MCP into Replit. It changed the core scoring algorithm.

I found out because a build message flashed "conflict with Jason's Gems." There was no chat record of the session.

Same week, Fable added a guardrail to our contract processing that nobody asked for. It started skipping signed deals whose titles didn't say SaaStr AI Annual, which quietly broke our quote to cash.

Also in Episode 12 of The Agents with Amelia Lerutte:

- Why our agent time went from 30 minutes a day to 8 hours a day
- We're off Marketo after 10 years, and the real unlock wasn't the vendor
- Newsletter clicks up ~50% after the migration
- We churned Notion after 7 years with zero complaints, triggered by their own re-engagement email
- Our agent picked a heat mapping vendor we'd never heard of. No search, no demo, no competitor ever in the deal.

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Karthik Nagapuri is building Wear Synapse, a privacy-first AI wearable out of Bengaluru, and he spoke to 146 founders at Hyderabad Startup Day at DraperU India. He wears the device around his neck, and he says that alone brought in a letter of intent for 1,000 units from a homecare-healthcare business. The session was scheduled for 45 minutes and ran past two hours.

Karthik Nagapuri 10h

Got business deal of 1000 devices LOI for sample just by wearing around my neck for homecare-healthcare business ;)

advertise your product wherever you can' proof is the best marketing >>

Glad to share my learning's with by 146 founders today @draper_u India by @eChaiVentures Hyderabad
it was almost went for 2hrs+, planned session for 45min originally.

it was super interactive by many to many instead of one to many in the evening

I personally also unlearnt and learnt lot from other people how they are using ai.

i lost count of wearables on-my body so many covered with wearables lol 😂

- my device @wearsynapse
- wearable fitbit by @Google
- analog casio watch
- @ray_ban @Meta glasses

night-night <3
Harsha Bhurani 13h

Hummingbird Is Hiring | Team Lead-US Dental Insurance Eligibility & Verification| Location -Gurgaon | Remote initially | Experience - 10+ years

We are hiring a Team Lead-US Dental Insurance Eligibility & Verification for one of our San Francisco-based clients working on AI-powered healthcare solutions. The role will involve leading and managing a team of Client Service professionals, overseeing US dental insurance verification operations, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery, and driving day-to-day operational excellence.

We’re looking for someone with 10+ years of experience, strong team management and leadership skills, excellent English communication, and hands-on experience in US healthcare, preferably dental insurance. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working US EST/PST hours, managing high-volume operations, improving processes, and working closely with the client and internal teams.

Interested candidates can share their profiles at [email protected].

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Manvith Vadakattu SixT4creations 13h

Spent the evening at Hyderabad Startup Day by eChai.

Joined the "How Founders Use AI session", and as a Founder at SixT4 Creations, it made me think about how much of our own work can be reimagined with AI.

The interesting part wasn’t hearing about the latest AI tools. It was hearing how other founders are experimenting, what’s actually working for them, and where they’re still figuring things out.

Left with a few ideas I’m genuinely excited to try.

Also, really liked the vibe eChai Ventures creates — just founders getting together, sharing openly, and learning from each other.

Good conversations. Good people. Good evening.

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