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In Real Time: AI's impact on software

A look at public market volatility, AI’s role in software, and the enduring value of diversification in private markets

Key takeaways

  1. Fear vs. fundamentals: Recent volatility, driven by the fears of AI disruption in software, we believe has led to indiscriminate selling across the broader liquid market. Fear can be largely overblown as strong corporate earnings, CapEx spend, and health of the broader market appear to remain consistent.

  2. Underwriting disruption: AI has the potential to disrupt non-mission critical software, but what seems to be overlooked is how AI is seeking to  enhance these companies today. Blue Owl invests in leading software firms that aim to benefit from the adoption of AI. We see it as a tool that can create opportunity for scale, efficiency and reiterates the need for our most essential software services.

  3. Public market volatility may lead to private market opportunity: Recent periods like this can emphasize the value proposition of private markets, where speed of capital, scale, and diversification may lead to strong client outcomes. We expect this  volatility to potentially create opportunity for performance dispersion, where some of the top managers may be able to differentiate themselves across credit, real assets and infrastructure.

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What happened?

Increased focus around AI & software has led to heightened market volatility

What it means?

AI presents risk of disruption, and also potential opportunities as an enabler to software companies

Why it matters?

Market volatility can create opportunities for private capital, and emphasizes the importance of diversification and manager selection

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