Tech Industry Panic: AI-Driven Disruption Turns Inward as Leaders Scramble for Relevance

If you're not in tech you might not realize just how much of a panic has set in among the C-suite and investor class in the industry.

Everyone is, of course, putting on a brave face, but as fears of a SaaS-pocalypse persist and a fictional financial analysis on Substack caused a real sell-off in markets, it's hard not to see the sweat on everyone's brows.

CEOs and CTOs are falling over themselves trying to position themselves as visionaries, with the likes of Jack Dorsey, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, and Matt Biilmann each trying to out-AI-pill one another.

For a long time the tech industry revelled in the disruption of what it saw as old, legacy industries. But now, as AI takes over tech, we're now starting to eat our own, and it's dark and ironic.