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Software stocks face newspaper-like disruption risk

The discussion presented a bearish case, citing a Goldman Sachs strategist, that software stocks face multi-year disruption risk from AI, analogous to newspaper stocks in the early 2000s.

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CONTESTED · 54 MENTIONS · 42 EPISODES · 21 SHOWS

25 SEP 2025 — 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO

25 SUPPORT · 15 CHALLENGE · 1 UPDATE · 2 REPEAT · 11 MENTIONED

25 SEP 2025 · FIRST HEARD
THE DERIVATIVE
- AI monetization as a key linchpin and risk
5 EPISODES BETWEEN · 6 MENTIONS
1. 26 SEP 2025
  PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
  - Software sector under AI disruption cloud
2. 5 FEB 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Software faces 'SaaSmageddon' from AI
3. 6 FEB 2026
  AFFORD ANYTHING
  - SaaS companies framed as AI disruption losers
4. 7 FEB 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG · 2 MENTIONS
  - AI agent layer captures SaaS profit pools
  - AI Claude crash hits legal tech and SaaS
5. 9 FEB 2026
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - AI tools threaten legacy software moats
10 FEB 2026
THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS · 2 MENTIONS
- Software stocks face newspaper-like disruption risk · THIS IDEA
- Cybersecurity sell-off makes no sense · CHALLENGES
29 EPISODES BETWEEN · 38 MENTIONS
1. 16 FEB 2026
  ANIMAL SPIRITS · 2 MENTIONS
  - AI disruption panic selling software
  - Microsoft sell-off on OpenAI revenue doubts
2. 17 FEB 2026
  YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - AI panic spreads beyond SaaS to hard assets
  - SaaS lacks tangible assets in an AI panic
3. 18 FEB 2026
  ANIMAL SPIRITS
  - Vertical software valuation reset on moat erosion
4. 19 FEB 2026
  THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
  - Software as distressed assets post-2021
5. 20 FEB 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - AI bubble differs from historical precedents
6. 25 FEB 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - Software bear market on multiple compression
7. 25 FEB 2026 · CHALLENGES
  ANIMAL SPIRITS
  - Potential AI-induced market sell-off as buying opportunity
8. 26 FEB 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - AI uncertainty drives software multiple rerating
9. 28 FEB 2026 · UPDATES
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
  - AI disrupts SaaS's predictable annuity model
10. 3 MAR 2026
  YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST
  - UI-focused SaaS faces AI build-vs-buy pressure
11. 4 MAR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - AI disruption fears overdone for incumbents
12. 4 MAR 2026
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Software sector's deteriorating capital cycle
13. 6 MAR 2026
  PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
  - Software as a service facing AI disruption
14. 9 MAR 2026
  ANIMAL SPIRITS · 3 MENTIONS
  - Market sorting AI winners from losers
  - AI reset crushes software valuations
  - Market speed amplifies repricing pain
15. 10 MAR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 3 MENTIONS
  - AI disruption fears overblown for moated incumbents
  - Software sector stabilization needs fundamentals to improve
  - Value investors entering software on GAAP earnings focus
16. 12 MAR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
  - CrowdStrike: AI fear overdone, enduring company
17. 16 MAR 2026
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
  - Software derating on AI disruption fears
18. 19 MAR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
  - AI can explode perceived TAMs for software
19. 24 MAR 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - AI disruption fear driving software stock selling
20. 27 MAR 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG · 2 MENTIONS
  - Mega-cap tech seen as monopolistically durable · CHALLENGES
  - AI winners will be selective integrators, not just disruptors
21. 31 MAR 2026
  THE LONG VIEW
  - Enterprise software's AI uncertainty is 'too hard'
22. 3 APR 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG · 2 MENTIONS
  - OpenAI, Anthropic secondary market cooling
  - AGI reality check as market's Damocles sword
23. 7 APR 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - AI spend crowding out enterprise software budgets
24. 9 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Current environment a great time to invest in software
25. 10 APR 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Software sector faces AI disruption headwind
26. 10 APR 2026
  THE MEB FABER SHOW
  - AI decouples revenue growth from headcount
27. 11 APR 2026
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Software faces existential AI disruption risk
28. 17 APR 2026
  THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
  - Cybersecurity platforms safer than point solutions
29. 17 APR 2026
  BARRON'S STREETWISE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Software's AI disruption: money flows to model layer
  - Software's new playbook: adapt costs, not compete · CHALLENGES
20 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- Public software valuations are in an indiscriminate trough
22 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
ANIMAL SPIRITS
- Software disruption story persists despite rally
23 APR 2026 · CHALLENGES
YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST
- SaaS sell-off overblown on AI disruption fears
24 APR 2026
THE BUSINESS BREW · 2 MENTIONS
- US software valuations reset but not cheap
- Japan software's resilience to AI disruption · CHALLENGES
31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
CNBC FAST MONEY
- Cybersecurity bolstered by AI model incidents
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
WE STUDY BILLIONAIRES - THE INVESTORS PODCAST NETWORK
- Betting against AI is a difficult stance

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