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Investors look for signs of bottom in software rout after Anthropic announcement

Anthropic's new AI enterprise plug-ins eased fears of AI displacing software firms, lifting the S&P 500 software index by 1.4% and partner stocks up to 11%, analysts said.

  • On Tuesday, software stocks rebounded after Anthropic's enterprise agents event, easing investor fears amid U.S. markets trading activity.
  • A week-long selloff earlier this month erased about $1 trillion in market value, analysts said, driven by AI disruption fears flagged by Citrini Research's 2028 unemployment scenario.
  • The update: Anthropic said Claude Cowork now integrates with Slack, Intuit, Docusign, LegalZoom, and Gmail, with partners like Thomson Reuters, Salesforce, and FactSet seeing share surges.
  • The S&P 500 software & services index rose 1.4% and the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF jumped 2.4%, while many individual names including CrowdStrike and Okta climbed about 1% on Tuesday.
  • Nvidia's earnings due after market close on Wednesday will draw investor scrutiny as the software sector has plunged 23.5% this year amid AI fears and trade-policy shifts.
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The Economic Times broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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