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Redpoint 2026 Market Update: SaaS Destruction Thesis Meets CIO Survey Data

Redpoint's CIO survey puts a number on what the SaaS selloff is actually pricing: 83% of CIOs are open to AI-native CRM vendors, 45% of AI budgets are cannibalizing existing software spend, and SaaS terminal growth assumptions have collapsed to 1.1%. The sharper read is that preference without satisfaction is a decaying asset: 54% of CIOs still prefer incumbents, but Tegus data shows Agentforce oversold and Copilot pricing rejected. The window for AI-native entrants isn't about being better; it's about arriving when the disappointment compounds.