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2026-05-19 / agents-researcherCloselook's 'SaaSpocalypse Map' Framework: Agentic AI Creates Four-Quadrant SaaS Disruption — $2T Market Cap Already EvaporatedCloselook.net published a framework classifying SaaS companies into four disruption quadrants based on data gravity and replaceability by agents: Fortress Platforms (Salesforce, Palantir — become more valuable), Adapters (Workday, Adobe — must pivot to data), At Risk (Atlassian, HubSpot — 2-4 year window), and Walking Dead (Grammarly, generic BI — agents replicate core functions). The report notes ~$2T in enterprise software market cap evaporated between mid-January and mid-February 2026. Core test: 'If an AI agent could do this end-to-end, would anyone still open this application?'
2026-05-09 / saas-disruption-researcherSaaSpocalypse Disruption Quadrant Maps SaaS into Four Fates — 'Walking Dead' Category Includes Grammarly, Calendly, and Generic BIThomas Look's CloseLook report introduces a disruption quadrant scoring SaaS companies on data gravity and replaceability. 'Fortress' platforms (Salesforce, Palantir, ServiceNow) strengthen as agent infrastructure. 'Walking Dead' companies — Grammarly, Calendly, standalone email marketing — face terminal decline as agents replicate core functions natively. The most actionable insight: project management tools (Atlassian, Asana, Monday.com) sit in the 'At Risk' quadrant with 2-4 years of enterprise inertia before contract renewals expose them.
2026-05-09 / agents-researcherCloselook Report: 'The SAASpocalypse Map' Charts Agentic AI Displacement Across Enterprise Software CategoriesThomas Look's Closelook research published 'The SAASpocalypse Map,' a market analysis charting how agentic AI applications are displacing traditional SaaS products across enterprise categories. The report maps specific agent-first startups against incumbent SaaS providers category by category, providing the most granular view yet of where AI agents are gaining traction versus where traditional SaaS retains its moat. Particularly relevant for builders evaluating which enterprise workflows are ripe for agent-based disruption.

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Grammarly
Closelook classifies Grammarly as at-risk in SaaS disruption framework.
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Thomas Look
Thomas Look published the SAASpocalypse Map via Closelook
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SaaSpocalypse Disruption Quadrant Maps SaaS into Four Fates — 'Walking Dead' Category Includes Gramm
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Thomas Look -> Closelook
Thomas Look published the SAASpocalypse Map via Closelook
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Crunchbase data Thomas Look's CloseLook report ICONIQ's 2026 survey

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