#916 Will AI be the End of SaaS? with Rob Woollen & Marwan Mattar of Sigma

If it’s growing exponentially, what will happen to the SaaS model?

Today, we're talking to Rob Woollen, Co-founder at Sigma Computing, and Marwan Mattar, VP of AI at Sigma. We discuss whether AI will kill the SaaS industry, why the demo-to-production gap is AI's biggest challenge, and how the cost of building custom applications is approaching zero.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

To learn more about Sigma, check out their website here.

About Rob Woollen

Rob Woollen is the Co-founder of Sigma Computing, a cloud platform for AI application development and analytics. Prior to Sigma, Rob spent six years at Salesforce as CTO of the Platform, where he led both engineering and product management teams. He's passionate about making large-scale data accessible to everyone, not just those who can write SQL or Python.

About Marwan Mattar

Marwan Mattar is the VP of AI at Sigma Computing. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and spent years building AI products in the gaming industry at EA and Unity before transitioning to enterprise AI at Scale AI. Marwan specializes in taking AI systems from demo to production and is focused on building intelligent systems that help users go from data exploration to decision-making.

About Sigma

Sigma is the AI apps and analytics platform connected to the cloud data warehouse. Using Sigma, business and technical teams can build intelligent, production-ready AI apps that accelerate and automate operational workflows. Sigma provides a spreadsheet interface, SQL and Python editors, visual builders, and native AI to help teams turn live data into interactive applications, analysis, reports, and embedded experiences.