India, April 15 -- Amid the accelerating adoption of AI across sectors, the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, is quite vocal about the end of the pure-play SaaS era. Of course, this has sparked a discourse of sorts, with many arguing that AI will only enhance the traditional SaaS industry rather than become the harbinger of its end.

The argument holds heft, especially when SaaS organisations are doing everything in their might to avoid becoming obsolete in the age of AI. A great example is that of legacy SaaS giants like Workday and Salesforce, which have dedicated AI teams and are investing in R&D to offer AI-first capabilities to their users.

As far as many others of similar nature are concerned, a clear metamorphosis is visible from S...