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Software is not dead. But your Software Company might be.

Software isn't dead — but the companies that can't adapt to AI are. Mike Cannon-Brooks explains why operators need to think about input vs output constraints.

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Narayanan
Feb 18, 2026
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The idea that software as a category is dead? Ludicrous.

That’s not me being optimistic, I run a software company too. That’s Mike Cannon-Brooks — co-founder of Atlassian, a company doing north of $5 billion in cloud revenue and accelerating responding to the loudest narrative in tech right now. And honestly, he’s right. Software isn’t going anywhere, we…

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