Your Product Isn’t Ready for AI Until You Fix These Software Mistakes

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From governed agents to token cost management and smarter architecture decisions, fractional CTO shares practical AI strategy for SaaS startups. In this episode of SaaS That App - Building Tech-Enabled Businesses, Garrett Fritz, a Partner and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MetaCTO, joins Aaron Marchbanks and Justin Edwards to dive into his two guiding principles of software development: “Nobody Reads” and “The Previous Guy Wasn't an Idiot.” What You’ll Learn: Why half the startups claiming to be AI companies are really just fancy if-statements How the coming shift to usage-based token pricing is about to reshape who can afford to vibe-code their way to a product The real cost of runaway API keys Why non-technical founders should test the waters with AI Garrett Fritz is a Partner and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MetaCTO, a firm focused on building, growing, and monetizing mobile apps. He specializes in helping non-technical founders and business leaders develop scalable mobile and AI solutions through digital transformations.