OccupySaaS: laid-off workers rebuild their SaaS
The gist
An open-source project called OccupySaaS has posted AI-built clones of Auth0 and Salesforce on GitHub.
Its own READMEs call them early previews, so the paid-software fight is just starting.
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2026OccupySaaS starts as an open-source project under the Apache-2.0 license; its site lists it as established in October 2026.
- Nov 4, 2026The project appears on GitHub with AI-made clones of Auth0 and Salesforce, reported as not ready for use.
- Nov 5, 2026Alexey Romadinov, an EVP of AI Strategy, posts about OccupySaaS, arguing GoLang is the language AI agents prefer.
Key terms
- open-source
- Software whose source code is freely available for anyone to use, study, modify, and distribute.
- Apache-2.0 license
- A permissive free-software license from the Apache Software Foundation allowing use, modification, and redistribution without royalties.
- vendor lock-in
- A situation where a customer depends on one vendor and cannot switch without substantial costs.
Source: Wikipedia