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“SaaSpocalypse” was the buzzword in markets in the early months of the year, as new AI tools emerged to threaten the business models of software-as-a-service providers. A massive software selloff ensued in public markets and quickly spread to the world of private capital, where firms had spent billions upon billions of dollars stacking their portfolios with SaaS companies when interest rates were low.Suddenly those investments — built on the assumption that subscription revenue from software companies was ever-steady — looked like castles built on sand.  fears that rapidly developing AI tools could replace existing tech products still have investors worried that a swathe of SaaS wagers could go sideways all at once. That could bring some nasty consequences for private equity firms, private credit lenders and also retail investors who have built exposure to software loans.

On today's episode:

• Paula Seligson, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter
• Lipi Sternheim, CEO of REalloys
• Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures
• Woo Jin Ho, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Networking and Hardware Analyst