E61: What Did SaaS North 2025 Reveal About AI & Canadian Business?
- Chris McLellan
- Dec 26, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 6
David Tyldesley, co-founder of Cube Business Media and producer of the SaaS North conference, joins the Ask AI podcast to talk about the rise of Results as a Service (RaaS), how their team used AI to surprise and delight attendees, the critical character trait that will help Canadian business leaders move forward, and why AI is causing live events to grow in importance.
Episode Overview
In this episode of the Ask AI Podcast, host Chris McLellan welcomes David Tyldesley, co-founder of Cube Business Media and organizer of SaaS North, Canada’s leading SaaS conference.
Topics explored in this conversation:
How AI is transforming SaaS by shifting to 'Results as a Service' (RaaS)
The growing automation of automation
The reality behind the "One Person Unicorn"
What happens to software companies when customers build instead of buy?
Why live events are becoming essential to building brand trust
How the SaaS North team used AI to deliver an impossible customer experience
The key mindset that business leaders need to thrive through this technological shift
This interview on AI and Canadian business offers practical examples, strategic perspectives, and a peek behind the curtains of one of the country’s most important tech gatherings.
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Episode Links
Boardy, the AI assistant that amazed Chris
Angus Sewell, the Instagram creator that Chris mentioned
Knak AI, the Ottawa-based AI email builder mentioned by David
Gumloop, the work automation startup that returned to Vancouver
Episode Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
04:17 Events & trust
07:18 SaaS To RaaS
09:09 Automation of automation
10:40 Build vs. Buy
12:22 Critical leadership skill
13:39 Finding problems
17:10 Agents and workflows
18:58 Impossible experiences
19:33 What Zapier said
21:51 Adding services to SaaS
22:50 Gumloop return to Vancouver
24:13 Closing thoughts
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