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Cramer says Wall Street may be overselling stocks hit by Meta's Muse AI fears

Jim Cramer argued that investors are too pessimistic about an AI-driven selloff dubbed 'consumer inertia,' triggered by fears that Meta's Muse AI agent could help consumers cancel subscriptions and shop around instead of staying passively loyal. Since Muse launched September 8, stocks including Planet Fitness, Airbnb, Booking Holdings, SiriusXM and Charles Schwab have all fallen sharply. Cramer compared the panic to the earlier 'SaaSpocalypse' selloff in enterprise software stocks, which later recovered as fears of AI disruption proved overstated.

Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes rejects 'SaaSpocalypse' predictions in Decoder interview

In an interview on The Verge's Decoder podcast, Atlassian cofounder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes discussed AI's impact on software companies, arguing against predictions that AI will destroy the SaaS business model. He said AI tools are actually increasing usage of Atlassian's products like Jira and Trello, and addressed the company's earlier layoffs this year, which he attributed to needing a different mix of skills.