AI in 5: Rubin’s Rise & The SaaS Death Rattle: How AI Agents Are Reclaiming 2026 (January 6, 2026)

Reading Time: 2 minutes – TDoctor JR breaks down NVIDIA’s Rubin launch, Meta’s coding revolution, and the end of SaaS as we know it. Are you ready for the year of the AI agent? 🚀

AI in 5: Rubin’s Rise & The SaaS Death Rattle: How AI Agents Are Reclaiming 2026 (January 6, 2026)
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In today’s episode, we dive into the explosive start of 2026. From NVIDIA’s game-changing “Rubin” platform to Meta’s bold claims about the future of coding, we explore how AI is shifting from a tool we talk to, to a system that does the work for us. We also look at the rise of “Software-as-a-System” and why your next coworker might be a fleet of digital agents.



AI in 5 – January 6, 2026

Episode: The Year of the Agent: Chips, Coding, and “Software-as-a-System” Host: Doctor JR

Welcome to the 2026 season kickoff! In this episode, Doctor JR breaks down why we’ve officially moved past the “chatbot” era and into the age of autonomous systems. From hardware breakthroughs to the death of traditional SaaS, we cover the high-velocity shifts defining the AI landscape this January.

In This Episode:

  • The Rubin Revolution: We dive into NVIDIA’s Rubin platform. CEO Jensen Huang claims this “supercomputer on a rack” is the 10x cost-slasher the industry has been waiting for.
  • The 50% Milestone: Mark Zuckerberg reveals that half of Meta’s code is now AI-generated. We discuss what it means to transition from a “coder” to an “agent orchestrator.”
  • The Accountability Phase: Stanford’s Erik Brynjolfsson weighs in on why 2026 is the year we stop guessing and start measuring AI’s true economic ROI via high-frequency dashboards.
  • SaaS vs. Software-as-a-System: Why startups like Lovable are hitting multi-billion dollar valuations by building autonomous systems that don’t just host data—they execute work.
  • Robotics Gets a Grip: A quick look at ByteDance’s GR-Dexter and the rise of bimanual physical AI.

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