The SaaSpocalypse: A Survival Guide

It started with a single press release. On January 30, 2026, AI startup Anthropic announced 11 specialized plugins for its Claude Cowork agent, empowering it to handle complex workflows in sales, finance, legal, and HR [1]. Wall Street’s reaction was not just negative; it was apocalyptic. In the week that followed, nearly $1 trillion in value was wiped from software and services stocks in a…