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The $830 Billion Panic: What "Software Is Dead" means for the Business of Software

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Back in February, investors wiped about $830 billion off software companies, and the trigger was a handful of AI plugins for lawyers. Here's the short version. Anthropic released legal-focused plugins for Claude Cowork. Investors pictured AI agents doing the work that whole SaaS products charge for…

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  1. 2026-10-22 18:40 · DEV Community — AI
    The $830 Billion Panic: What "Software Is Dead" means for the Business of Software

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