About
Built to be outgrown.
September 2024
Klarna announces they're shutting down SaaS vendors
Klarna lit the internet on fire: “We replaced Salesforce with a swarm of AI agents.” They're ditching Salesforce and Workday, building everything internally with AI instead.
Fast-forward to this year:
The bot really did save $40M and helped Klarna kill ~1,200 SaaS contracts.
Yet by May 2025 they were hiring humans back, admitting “always let customers reach a real person.”
Net-net: Klarna proved you can slash bloated stacks. But even the boldest AI shops keep a human safety net.
Everyone has been asking the obvious question: can massive SaaS suites actually be torn down by AI?
At SpecStory, we are asking the smaller, sharper one: why can't the same happen for the tinier tools that bleed startups dry every month?
The Problem
The $40/month short link
It started with a single URL: get.specstory.com/extension. Bitly charges $40 a month to keep it short.
Look around at what every “point solution” from the 2010s charges per seat:
When you're a small crew, even just forty bucks a seat feels like a parking ticket you pay forever.
Our Philosophy
Built to be outgrown
Here's the twist: We expect you to outgrow us.
We never want to scale with you into a six-figure contract. Graduate when you're ready. We'll cheer when you migrate to something bigger.
That means we did our job: kept your costs microscopic while you were microscopic.
We hope the average customer stays less than 18 months. That's not a failure. It's the business model.
Developer Experience
Terminal-first, not tab-first
Agents don't click buttons: they call endpoints. Your terminal is the control panel. Yet most business tools still require clicking through web interfaces. We think that's backwards.
Agent-First
Built for AI assistants, not just humans
API-First
Features accessible programmatically
Terminal-Friendly
Use MCP in your flow of work
Our formula: Minimal cost. Maximum speed. No bloat.
$9/month. Priced like a sliver, not a slice. No hidden fees, no usage tiers. Built on edge infrastructure so your links redirect in milliseconds, globally.
We won't lard on features to justify vanity ARR. We'll ship primitives you can compose.
Because founders and small teams deserve software that behaves like LEGO, not Legos packed in platinum boxes.
As we expand TNY tools into a suite, know that we'll keep the costs low and features essential. Good enough, at a price that never stings, is the new luxury.
Join the movement
We're building TNY tools for the next generation of founders and small teams.