SaaS Death Spiral? Why Palantir is Tanking?

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04-10
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While the broader market held its ground, the software sector didn't just leak—it hemorrhaged. $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ , $Salesforce.com(CRM)$ and $AppLovin Corporation(APP)$ all tumbled in a move that signals a massive shift in market structure.

What’s happening?

OpenAI & Anthropic threats software again

Two major announcements acted as the "last straw" for investors yesterday:

  1. OpenAI’s Revenue Pivot: CRO Diane Drexel revealed that enterprise business now accounts for over 40% of OpenAI’s revenue, on track to match consumer revenue by year-end. With Codex hitting 3 million weekly active users, the message is clear: the AI giants are eating the lunch of traditional dev-tool and enterprise software firms.

  2. Anthropic’s "Managed Agents": Anthropic just launched a suite of API tools designed to turn AI from a "chatbot" into a "production system." They claim a 10x boost in deployment efficiency. By solving the engineering complexity for enterprises, they are effectively making "middleware" SaaS companies obsolete.

The death of the "per-seat" model: why SaaS is being rewritten?

Why is the SaaS model fundamentally broken? Because the unit of labor has changed.

Traditional SaaS assumes a human user with limited attention and an 8-hour workday. An AI Agent can ping an API at 3 AM, processing data at millisecond speeds without fatigue.

Pricing is shifting from "marketing packages" to inference costs and task throughput.

Wall Street loved SaaS for its "Predictable Recurring Revenue (ARR)." But when your customer is an Agent, usage (and revenue) becomes wildly volatile based on task demand, while infrastructure costs remain elastic.

Is Wall Street losing money? Not really.

Capital is exiting traditional software (the legacy code) and flowing into the new infrastructure: Anthropic and OpenAI. It’s the same "Software" story, just with a fresh set of underlying code and a much more aggressive pricing power.

Discussion

Are you holding the line on CRM and PLTR, or are you waiting for the "Systemic Flash Crash" to pick up the pieces?

Is the SaaS subscription model officially a "Legacy" play?

Is Palantir’s dip a buying opportunity?

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Palantir Four-Day Rally! Bottom Reversal Confirmed?
Palantir advanced 4.75% to $142.15, extending a four-session rebound to over 14% as the $123.77 low held as effective support and the $140 resistance zone was cleared, restoring bullish narrative dominance. Michael Burry's bearish thesis — that Anthropic is "eating Palantir's lunch" via government AI contract competition — continues to diverge sharply from actual price action. If Q1 earnings deliver solid upside in government revenue, Burry's call faces direct refutation — is $150 the next target?
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  • Shyon
    04-10
    Shyon
    I’m still holding $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ and even with a low entry, this pullback hurts more than expected. The market is clearly repricing traditional SaaS, and what OpenAI and Anthropic are doing is forcing a rethink of where real value sits. I’m not panicking, but I’m definitely more cautious—this feels bigger than a normal correction.

    The bigger issue is the “per-seat” SaaS model looking outdated. If AI agents replace or augment users, companies like Salesforce.com and AppLovin Corporation could face pressure on pricing and growth. If revenue shifts toward usage and compute, the predictability Wall Street loved may fade, changing how I view these names long term.

    I’m not rushing to sell, but I’m also not blindly buying dips. I’ll monitor how Palantir Technologies Inc. adapts, and I’m open to trimming if the thesis weakens. This feels like a moment where flexibility matters more than conviction.

    @TigerStars @Tiger_comments @TigerClub

  • Isleigh
    04-11
    Isleigh
    Burry deleted the post. The damage stayed.

    PLTR down 13% in two days on one thesis: Anthropic is capturing 73% of new enterprise AI spend while Palantir took 20 years to reach $5 billion in ARR.

    But here's what Burry conveniently ignored. Anthropic is banned from the Pentagon. Maven is now a permanent Program of Record. Zero debt, $7.2 billion cash, 61% revenue growth guided for 2026.
    $130 is not a death spiral. It is the market waiting for May 11 earnings to decide who is right.

    Full breakdown in my article. The verdict is closer than the bears think.

    I am not a financial advisor. Trade wisely, Comrades.

  • Chrishust
    04-10
    Chrishust
    1. Holding the line on crm and pltr, these are high growth industries with strong prospects for further growth.
    2. No, subscription model is the usual in this industry
    3. Plantir is a government. Contracting agency which depends on government contracts
  • 1D1GnZ
    04-10
    1D1GnZ
    It was bound to happen. Either via automation and services, or like it is now-via AI deployment. This is just mind blowing how multi-billion corporations allowed themselves to think that they can rely on SaaS forever. But not to worry, surely there're additional very specific niches where the AI either too limited, not suitable, or just too expensive/resource-heavy to run. Just another step in the technology evolution. Once someone figures out cost effective data storage, battery technology, or fusion based energy generation, on each one of those steps we'll have similar shake outs and technology induced panic. We'd better get used to it on the cycle basis. We'll just need to figure out the each cycle duration. My guess is they'll have geometric progression.
  • 北极篂
    04-10
    北极篂
    我不会急着抄底，也不会完全看空。更现实的策略是等市场重新找到“新定价锚”——到底是按使用量、推理成本，还是结果收费。在那之前，波动可能还没结束。
  • 北极篂
    04-10
    北极篂
    但这不代表传统软件会消失，而是分化会加剧。真正有数据壁垒、能嵌入AI流程的公司，反而可能活得更好；反之，只做界面和流程管理的，会被压缩。
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