Anthropic just turned its committed AI spend into a new distribution channel for software. Meet Claude Marketplace — same idea as cloud marketplaces, different spelling. But does Anthropic already have enough commits to make this work?

75% of enterprises want service providers to build their key Agentic AI use cases. Not internal teams. Partners. And C-suite is leading the charge, 2X+ more likely than mid-management to buy from partners.

Software captures 1% of US GDP. White-collar payroll is 20% - that gap explains why the world’s largest VC, a16z raised $15B and now all-in on AI.

AI spend is projected to jump from $1.76T (2025) to $2.52T (2026). The number is big.

Traditional IT budgets are tightening, yet agentic AI and outsourcing spending are expanding. How do you square that circle?

Alphabet Inc. crossed a $4T market cap last week and landed the kind of alliance that reshapes an ecosystem: Apple.

If you feel like the last 12 months in SaaS have been hard, you aren’t imagining it.

In November, Gartner made a bold prediction: by 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be intermediated by AI agents - pushing $15T via “agent exchanges”.

In 2026 “cloud marketplaces will solidify their role as the app store of the GenAI era” - latest S&P Global Market Intelligence research highlights.