Is Software Losing Its Head? | Andreessen Horowitz

Agents may kill muscle memory as a moat, but they do not kill operational logic and context as a moat.

Is Software Losing Its Head? | Andreessen Horowitz Enterprise Is Software Losing Its Head? Seema Amble Posted May 13, 2026 Subscribe Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit Is Software Losing Its Head? Table of Contents Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit Is software losing its head? Last month Salesforce announced it would open its APIs and launch a headless product, essentially betting that in an agentic world, its value lies in the data layer, not the UI. It's a smart repositioning. (Although it's worth noting that

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