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SaaS Survivors
SaaS Durability in the AI Era — franchises structurally protected from AI substitution by moats that live outside the software layer.
43 names · L1 parent + 9 sub-themes
L1SaaS Durability — Parent
non-bucketed
- ANSSAnsysDelisted-Acq
- CFLTConfluentClaude-proposed
- CSUConstellation SoftwareCN listing
- FISVFiserv
- IQVIQVIA HoldingsClaude-proposed
- ROPRoper Technologies
L2Proprietary Data
5
- CSGPCoStar Group
- FDSFactSet Research
- MSCIMSCI Inc
- SPGIS&P Global
- VRSKVerisk Analytics
L2Regulated Systems of Record
5
- ADPAutomatic Data Processing
- INTUIntuit
- ORCLOracle
- VEEVVeeva Systemsalso Phys-World
- WDAYWorkday
L2Two-Sided Networks
3
- SHOPShopifyCN listing
- TOSTToastalso Phys-World
- TTANServiceTitan
L2Physical-World Software
9
- DEDeere & Co
- IOTSamsara
- PCORProcore Technologies
- PTCPTC Inc
- ROKRockwell Automation
- SYMSymbotic
- TOSTToastalso Two-Sided
- TRMBTrimble
- VEEVVeeva Systemsalso Reg. SoR
L2Cybersecurity Tailwind
5
- CRWDCrowdStrikealso Existential
- FTNTFortinetalso Existential
- NETCloudflarealso Existential
- PANWPalo Alto Networksalso Existential
- ZSZscaleralso Existential
L3Mission-Critical · Existential
8
- BRBroadridge Financial
- CRWDCrowdStrike
- FTNTFortinet
- MAMastercard
- NETCloudflare
- PANWPalo Alto Networks
- VVisa
- ZSZscaler
L3Mission-Critical · Operational
5
- CRMSalesforce
- DDOGDatadog
- MDBMongoDB
- NOWServiceNow
- SNOWSnowflake
L3Mission-Critical · Engineering
4
- ADSKAutodesk
- BSYBentley Systems
- CDNSCadence Design
- SNPSSynopsys
Headwind
AI Disruption
AI Disruption of Horizontal SaaS — thin-moat franchises most exposed to LLM-generated substitutes. The inverse of the Survivors cohort, by design.
9 names · single L1 theme
L1AI Disruption of Horizontal SaaS
9
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ASANAsana
Core
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FRSHFreshworks
Core
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HUBSHubSpot
Core
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PDPagerDuty
Core
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TWLOTwilio
Significant
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DBXDropbox
Significant
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BOXBox Inc
Significant
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ZMZoom Communications
Significant
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DOCUDocuSign
Peripheral
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Strength chips show how central the disruption thesis is to each name's story.
Core names are direct thin-moat targets — workflow UI over a database.
Significant and Peripheral names carry partial offsets (storage compliance,
AI Companion, e-signature's regulated-systems edge). The disruption list is built
to not overlap the Survivors cohort — the two themes are mirror images
linked by an inverse RELATES_TO edge in the graph.
Also in this category · beyond the SaaS mirror
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Edge AI
On-device and edge AI inference — silicon, IP, and handset/PC OEMs levered to local model execution moving off the data center.
11 names · single L1 theme · all Peripheral
- 2454 TTMediaTek
- 3661 TTAlchip Technologies
- 6857 JPAdvantest
- AAPLApple
- ARMArm Holdings
- DELLDell Technologies
- HPQHP Inc
- QCOMQualcomm
- STMPA FPSTMicroelectronics
- 1810 HK—name pending
- 992 HK—name pending
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Voice
Voice-AI grouping — orchestration-layer incumbents today, plus two early skeleton themes for conversational-CX and ambient voice interfaces.
2 mapped names · 3 L1 themes · 2 skeleton
L1AI Orchestration Layer Incumbents
2 · Core
- CRMSalesforce
- NOWServiceNow
L1AI Voice Agents in CX
skeleton
No mapped names yet — NICE and Verint flagged as universe gaps to add.
L1Ambient Voice Computing Interface
skeleton
Theme skeleton in graph; EXPOSED_TO edges still pending.