Software is Eating the World
The idea that software companies are disrupting and transforming entire industries beyond traditional tech, reshaping the broader economy and culture.
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Origin
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, published the phrase as the title of an influential op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on August 20, 2011. He argued that software companies were poised to disrupt industries from retail to healthcare to national defense. The essay crystallized a Silicon Valley worldview that digital transformation is inevitable and accelerating.
Updated February 22, 2026