The Future of Enterprise Software with Steven Sinofsky Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burg...

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The Future of Enterprise Software with Steven Sinofsky Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burger sit down to cover what headless software actually means, why enterprise stickiness is harder to kill than anyone thinks, and where the real opportunities are for startups building in the age of agents. 1:00 Intro to the episode and guests 1:58 What is headless software and what changes does it introduce 2:17 Salesforce Headless 360 announcement unpacked 9:49 Historically, what made software sticky 15:26 Steven's "The Death of Software, Nah" essay and why the SaaSpocalypse is overblown 17:11 Why legacy systems like SAP and insurance software are truly irreplaceable 26:04 Why enterprise software's two most-used features are "export to Excel" and "export as CSV" 29:25 The challenge of context, permissioning, and edge case handling for agents 35:07 Is automating the long tail the hardest problem in enterprise AI 36:54 Why productivity gains always create more work, not less 45:31 The rise of MCP servers and history rhyming with the Microsoft middleware era 52:20 Biggest startup opportunities in the agentic software landscape

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Is Software Losing Its Head?

Last month Salesforce announced it would open its APIs and launch a headless product, essentially betting that in an agentic world, its value lies in the data layer, not the UI. It's a smart...

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