BCG Reports AI Represents $3T+ Opportunity for Software — Recommends Incumbents Bifurcate P&L Into 'SaaS Core' and 'AI Startup'

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BCG's 'The AI-First SaaS Company: Rethinking the Playbook' report argues CEOs must split their business into a ruthlessly efficient SaaS core and a ringfenced, product-obsessed AI startup. The report identifies three independent strategies (Deploy, Reshape, Invent) that should be pursued in parallel, not sequentially. Key insight: incumbents that move in the next 6-12 months have a 'clear right to win' due to trust, distribution, and regulatory relationships — but the window is closing.