Sovereign AI Infrastructure vs Seat-Based SaaS — Ventech

Ventech partner Stephan Wirries explains why AI agents may force a structural reset in software: seat-based SaaS under pressure, a shift to outcome pricing, enterprise systems of record, sovereign AI infrastructure, and Europe's chance to close historic software gaps before the window narrows.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Sovereign AI infrastructure is deep tech's software frontier. If agents reprice software toward outcomes and infrastructure, Europe's opening is in the regulated, sovereign layer — not another seat-based SaaS.

In this episode, we cover:

• Stephan Wirries (Ventech) on AI agents resetting software economics
• Seat-based SaaS under pressure and the shift to outcome pricing
• Enterprise systems of record and regulated workflows
• Sovereign AI infrastructure as Europe's opening
• Why the European software-gap window may be narrowing

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