# Implications of AI-enabled software

> Collecting implications & holding them lightly

**Published by:** [Occasional Observations](https://paragraph.com/@oo/)
**Published on:** 2025-02-11
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Bearing a whole bunch of assumptions, these are some implications I've been collecting & exploring. There's more to add for sure — holler if you've got any — and I intend to add some commentary at some point. We'll see. Independent tinkerers↑ Ease of a low-tech savvy individual making their own tools ↓ Cost of a low-tech savvy individual making various tools they need to do their job ↑ People making what they, and only they, need to do a job in a way that’s uniquely suited to themJump starting upstarts↓ Risk of starting something new ↓ Initial cost of starting something new ↓ Cost of distribution ↓ Need to learn distribution tools ↓ Amount of overhead to grow a company ↓ Risk of growing something new ↓ Risk of shutting down underperforming concepts ↑ Other concepts going after the same spaceSmall markets multiplied↑ Breadth of distribution of dollars spent on others’ software - when users buy software, it’s from a broader range of smaller builders ↑ Affordability of software ↓ Risk of buying a piece of software ↑ Number of independent software buyers ↑ Overall serviceable/obtainable market sizeSaaS behemoth dynamics↓ Number of large, genericized software applications ↓ Number of massive enterprises built around large, genericized software tools ↑ Size of a few foundational platforms that enable a broad range of tools and flexibilityFunding↓ Size of funding rounds necessary to reach critical mass ↑ Number of projects funded per fund ↓ Patience for performance ↓ Follow-on roundsEnterprise experience fragmentation↑ Investment in core technology vendor (as a function of usage & tokens, not just seats) ↓ Number of point-solution tools ↑ Number of individual-level experience variations

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