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SaaS vs AI Agents 2024–2030: Is Enterprise Software Being Rewritten?

SaaS is not going extinct, but AI agents are starting to change how enterprise software is used and priced. Gartner estimates up to $234 billion of enterprise…

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BEFORE THE BOOM

Autonomous-Agent Experiments Go Mainstream

Generative AI went mainstream and autonomous-agent experiments such as AutoGPT and BabyAGI showed a model chaining steps toward a goal. These were proofs of concept, not…

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COMMERCIAL AGENT

Cognition Introduces Devin

On 12 March 2024 Cognition introduced Devin, which it described as 'the first AI software engineer' — a company designation, not an independent fact. Devin could plan, w…

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EVERY VENDOR ADDS AI

Assistants Become a Standard Product Feature

Assistants, copilots and early agentic features spread across enterprise applications. Gartner's August 2025 forecast set the baseline: fewer than 5% of enterprise apps…

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THE COUNTERPOINT

Gartner: Large-Scale App Replacement Is Unlikely

Gartner published 'Enterprise Applications 2030: How to Respond to the SaaS-pocalypse.' Its core finding: while leaders are pressured to use agentic AI to replace incumb…

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GOVERNANCE WARNINGS

Gartner Flags Agent Cancellations and Decommissions

Gartner forecasts more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by end-2027 over costs, unclear value or weak controls, based on a poll of more than 3,400 organ…

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$234 BILLION EXPOSED

Gartner Puts a Dollar Figure on the Shift

Gartner said up to $234 billion of enterprise application software spend is at risk from agentic AI through 2030 — about 20% of enterprise application SaaS spending — vi…

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AGENTS INSIDE INCUMBENTS

Socure Acquires Fravity for RiskOS Agents

Socure announced a strategic growth investment at a $5.2 billion valuation and the acquisition of Fravity, an agentic platform founded in 2024 that automates fraud, risk…

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AGENTS THAT TRANSACT

India Prepares Agentic Payments on UPI

Reuters reported that India's NPCI is preparing a 'Unified Agent Protocol', slated for the Global Fintech Fest in early September 2026, to let AI agents make small-value…

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