Your software spend is bleeding money (here is where to look)

Sage shares are down 27%. RELX down 33%.

These are not startup flameouts. These are enterprise giants that have dominated accounting and professional services for decades.

So what is happening?

AI is eating software from the inside out. Not gradually. Rapidly.

The thing is, most businesses are still paying premium subscriptions for tools that AI agents can now replace entirely. Not features. Whole categories of software.

Agentic AI — systems that can actually DO tasks, not just chat about them — is approaching the point where traditional SaaS starts looking like a bloated middleman. Why pay £200/month for a tool when an AI agent can handle the same workflow for a fraction of the cost?

The Practical Bit

This week, do a proper audit of your software stack. Not a quick glance. A real audit.

List every subscription. What does each one actually DO? Not what it promises. What it delivers.

Then ask: could an AI agent handle this? Could it handle 80% of it?

I bet you will find at least two tools you are paying for out of habit, not necessity.

The businesses that survive the SaaS-pocalypse will not be the ones with the most tools. They will be the ones who stripped back to essentials and let AI handle the rest.

Start cutting.

PS: What is the most expensive software subscription you barely use? Hit reply. I guarantee you are not the only one

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