The AI credit reset has begun — and it’s breaking SaaS-era financing assumptions
Credit markets are reassessing AI-heavy software revenue as less durable than SaaS-era models assumed, tightening terms and repricing risk even where growth metrics remain strong.
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TL;DR:
Credit markets are quietly repricing AI-heavy software revenue as less predictable than SaaS models, tightening refinancing conditions even before performance visibly deteriorates.
Credit markets are quietly repricing AI-heavy software revenue as less predictable than SaaS models, tightening refinancing conditions even before performance visibly deteriorates.
What you need to know
- The move: Banks and private credit lenders are tightening terms, repricing risk, or pulling back from AI-heavy software borrowers as cash flows prove more volatile than SaaS-era models assumed.
- Why it matters: Companies that look healthy on growth metrics may still fail refinancing tests — not because demand vanished, but because revenue durability can’t be proven.
- Who should care: CFOs at AI/software firms, private credit risk committees, PE operating partners, and boards overseeing capital structure.
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