Outbound Sales in 2026 'Looks Nothing Like' Pre-COVID Era — AI-Driven Marketing Noise Blamed for Channel Saturation

r/SaaS·low signal

A r/SaaS post (73 upvotes, 30 comments) argues outbound sales has become unrecognizable due to AI-generated marketing saturation. The author traces the tipping point to COVID coinciding with generative AI investment, creating 'pure volume-based saturation of the marketing space.' Comments confirm practitioners are seeing response rates crater as AI-generated outreach drowns legitimate communications — a signal that AI noise is actively degrading business channels.