Bip Capital flags AI risks in software portfolios as public valuations reset

• Venture and growth equity managers should quantify portfolio-level AI exposure, focusing on per-seat revenue risks and software valuation marks.
• The S&P 500 software and services index lost about $830 billion in market value between January 28 and February 4, 2026.
• The SEG SaaS Index median enterprise-value-to-trailing-revenue multiple fell to 3.2x in the second quarter of 2026 from 5.7x a year earlier.
• Private funding-round pricing largely avoided the public-market reset; Carta reported an 11.4% down-round rate in the first quarter of 2026.
• Operating evidence remains limited: McKinsey's August 2026 survey found 37% of respondents attributed any EBIT impact to AI, essentially unchanged year-over-year.

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