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AI Disrupting SaaS Valuations and Business Models

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3 versions, newest first.

  1. Version 3 2026-05-24 11:25 UTC · 85 items

    The most significant addition is the crystallization of the Indian IT services threat: multiple dedicated analyses now explicitly frame TCS, Infosys, and Wipro as primary competitive targets of DeployCo's embedded-consu…

  2. Version 2 2026-05-23 03:12 UTC · 59 items

    The biggest addition this pass is the full official DeployCo announcement (May 11), which resolves what was previously an open question — it now has a name, $4B in capital, ~150 FDEs from the Tomoro acquisition, and McK…

  3. Version 1 2026-05-22 20:31 UTC · 2 items

    Two prominent tech figures — Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and investor Chamath Palihapitiya — have issued blunt, high-profile assessments of AI's destructive impact on the SaaS industry. Benioff tells struggling SaaS fou…