HOLY SHIT
Anthropic Just Triggered a $285B Market Crash 😳
Bloomberg just reported that Anthropic released a new AI tool that caused:
• $285 billion wiped out across software, finance, and asset management stocks
• 6% drop in Goldman's software basket (biggest since April)
• 7% crash in financial services index
• Nasdaq down 2.4% at its worst
This is MASSIVE. The market literally panicked over an AI automation tool.
If you work in software, legal, or IT services, this changes everything.
You just don't know it yet.
On Jan 30, Anthropic quietly released 11 plugins for Claude Cowork.
Not a new model , but plugins.
But these plugins don't work inside your software.
They replace it entirely.
things like financial modeling & sales workflows, which lead to;
• RELX (LexisNexis): -14%
• Infosys: -7%
• TCS: -6%
• Wolters Kluwer: -13%
Wall Street is calling it the "SaaSpocalypse."
Because for the first time, a foundation model company didn't just build the AI.
They built the application layer too.
Anthropic isn't selling APIs anymore.
They're owning entire workflows.
Why pay $50K/year for legal software when Claude does it for $20/month?
Why hire 500 IT consultants when one AI agent works 24/7?
& the scary part?
This is just 11 plugins in a research preview.
Imagine what's coming next.
If your company's value prop is "we automate X"...
You're now competing with Claude.
And Claude costs 1% of what you do.
You're either building with AI, or getting replaced by it.
No middle ground anymore.
This is insane.
At 3:52 pm today, someone bought $429 million of Silver Miners ETF $SILJ Calls, expiring January-February 2026
$429 million in Calls, betting on Silver Miners to rally 🤯
@spacehey Anyway to bring back Top 8 friends? Users used to be able to organize their top 8 and it would display as their friends list as Top 8 Friends