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Business | Artificial intelligence<br>Fear of the SaaSpocalypse is tormenting techland<br>Software once ate the world. Now it is in danger of eating itself<br>Share
Illustration: Mike Haddad
Jun 10th 2026|San Francisco|5 min read
While TYPING away at a WeWork in San Francisco recently, your correspondent spied a plane flying across the skyline trailing a banner. “SAAS IS DEAD”, it declared in huge letters. The software developers with whom he was sharing the co-working space also noticed. “Thanks for reminding us,” one groaned.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The four SaaSquatches of the apocalypse”
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