Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace have 4-5 years left as AI-native tools kill the document paradigm
signulll · x · 2026-11-11
signulll argues Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace have only 4-5 years of relevance left, because the document/spreadsheet paradigm itself is becoming obsolete. Drafting, reviewing, or analyzing anything without a native AI environment already makes no sense, and that gap only widens. Communication (email, chat, status updates) is heading toward agent-mediated flows where humans set intent and AI executes. Incumbents are stranded retrofitting copilots onto artifacts nobody should produce manually — they become the system of record, but no longer the system of creation, which is a dangerous place to be.
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