Counter-Narrative: Atlassian and Figma Report Stable-to-Strong Seat Expansion, Showing the 'SaaSpocalypse' Isn't Universal

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Against the dominant seat-compression thesis, Atlassian's Q2 FY2026 shareholder letter reports paid-seat expansion rates remaining stable as customers adopt its AI platform, and Figma's latest results show stronger-than-expected seat expansion across whole organizations driven by AI product adoption. The strongest counter-argument to 'AI kills per-seat SaaS' is that platforms where AI drives more human collaboration are still expanding seats. Builders should note the split: AI compresses seats in workflow-execution tools but can expand them in creation/collaboration surfaces.