Bought for the licenses.
Your contract agent is excellent. By 2030 it's a skill. The big agents learned contracts from their own customers.
The Buyer: Anthropic will pay 30% over market. Mostly for the licenses.
The Buyer: Your customers won't notice. That's rather the point.
Outcome: Lost as a feature
The generalist didn't need to sign better. It needed your licenses, and an acquisition was cheaper than an application.
One path that gets here
C · We'll be the agent. We've read 200 million contractsA · Hold the line. Pay reps per contract closedB · We do contracts. Better than anyone