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Markets2026-06-24 · source-backed
In a June 22 Crunchbase piece, Richard de Silva argues per-seat economics break when agents, not humans, become the user through headless models. He cites a ~$300B single-session market wipeout in January 2026 and frames AI-native vertical platforms as competing for labor and compliance budgets (a McKinsey-cited ~$6T pool) rather than software budgets. The defensible plays: vertical specialists with proprietary data, outcome pricing (per contract drafted), and deliberate human-in-the-loop. I think "SaaS is dead" is overstated, but "per-seat is dead when the seat is an agent" is hard to argue with.
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OpenAI raised Crunchbase / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (OpenAI raised Crunchbase); both cover McKinsey, SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, saas).
Anthropic raised Crunchbase / Shared entity: SaaS / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic raised Crunchbase); both cover SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, budget).
Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Crunchbase, SaaS; reported by the same outlet (news.crunchbase.com); overlapping topics (agent, budget, dead, per-seat, saas).
Intercom uses SaaS / Shared entity: SaaS / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Intercom uses SaaS); both cover SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, saas).
Linked by a graph relationship (Intercom uses SaaS); both cover SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, per-seat).
Linked by a graph relationship (Intercom uses SaaS); both cover SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, budget).
Linked by a graph relationship (Intercom uses SaaS); both cover SaaS; overlapping topics (agent, saas).
Intercom uses SaaS / Shared entity: SaaS / What happened next / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Intercom uses SaaS); both cover SaaS; picks up the SaaS thread on 2026-07-26.