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CIO Analysis: AI Not Killing SaaS — Exposing That Vertical Platforms Survive While Horizontal Tool-Layer Gets Replaced
Hudson Hill Capital's Alexander Stacy argues in CIO that the 'SaaSpocalypse' narrative misreads the market: vertical software platforms embedded in operational workflows (retail, supply chain, energy) have decades of proprietary integration that's difficult to replicate, while commoditized horizontal tools face existential risk. Much of the SaaS decline reflects COVID-era valuation corrections, not AI disruption. The survivable moat is operational depth, not feature breadth.
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