Research · Fail or Die Index™

When software creation costs got to zero, which SaaS companies survive?

A proprietary score from 0–100 mapping existential risk in the agentic era. 50 companies tracked across moat strength, AI exposure, threat velocity, and adaptation rate.

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50 Companies tracked
0–100 FoD Score range
5 Risk dimensions

Platform Q · Artificial Intelligence

When agents build the software,
what's left to write about?

Strategic analysis, architecture deep-dives, and original research for the agentic era.

Succession of an Agent: The Birth and Death of a Coding Session

Every coding agent is born, lives, and dies within a single session. What survives isn't the agent -- it's the artefacts it leaves behind. The question is whether those artefacts are good enough for its successor to thrive.

February 28, 2026

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@pqai/mcp-4-llm: The Scaffold That Enables Self-Improving AI

We promised you the framework. Clean Architecture gives LLMs clean context. The 7-gate gauntlet enforces quality. But you still need a scaffold that ties it all together. One command: npx @pqai/mcp-4-llm. And it enables something we didn't expect -- self-improving AI.

February 12, 2026

Clean Architecture + The 7-Gate Gauntlet: LLM-Aware Guardrails That Actually Work

Your LLM is writing broken code right now. TODO comments it'll never finish, type hacks, zero test coverage -- all shipping straight to production. Here's the 7-gate gauntlet that catches everything before it destroys your codebase.

January 28, 2026

Build or Die: Why Companies That Rely on SaaS Will Lose

What once cost $3M and 18 months to build can now be done in 3 months for $600. The old question was Build or Buy. The new question is Build or Die.

January 23, 2026