Fred Turner, founder and chief executive of U.S. health insurer Curative, said his company has dramatically reduced its reliance on third-party software after building internal AI-powered alternatives, including replacing a Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) system that previously cost the company $600,000 annually.

According to Turner, the company developed the replacement CRM in just two months, illustrating how AI-assisted software development is shortening development cycles that once took many months or even years. Curative now plans to reduce its overall SaaS spending by about 80% this year, redirecting much of that expenditure toward artificial intelligence infrastructure and AI models instead.

Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff has strongly rejected predictions of a SaaS collapse.

Speaking during the company’s February earnings call, Benioff said demand for Salesforce products remains robust, arguing that AI agents actually increase the value of enterprise software platforms rather than replace them.

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