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The software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry is currently facing a fundamental identity crisis that has sparked a $1 trillion selloff in the sector. For years, the narrative was that artificial intelligence (AI) would be the ultimate enhancer — a massive, powerful force that would make software more indispensable and valuable.
However, the market is now suddenly fearing a SaaS-pocalypse — where AI shifts from being a tool that improves software to a force that outright replaces it.