Software is eating the world
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"Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Software is eating the world canonical | 1 |
| “Why Software Is Eating the World” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T374245 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Software is eating the world Context triple: [Marc Andreessen, notableIdea, Software is eating the world]
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A.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
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B.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
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C.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
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D.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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E.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Software is eating the world Target entity description: "Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
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A.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
-
B.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
-
C.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
"Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is a foundational software engineering book by Robert C. Martin that explains agile methodologies through object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable code.
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D.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
-
E.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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investment thesis ⓘ technology thesis ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Andreessen Horowitz ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Marc Andreessen ⓘ |
| author | Marc Andreessen ⓘ |
| context |
growth of mobile computing
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post-2008 financial crisis technology boom ⓘ rise of cloud computing ⓘ |
| hasReception |
frequently referenced in discussions of digital disruption
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widely cited in technology and business media ⓘ |
| hasSloganForm | "software is eating the world" ⓘ |
| influencedField |
corporate digital strategy
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startup ecosystem ⓘ venture capital investing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainArgument | software-driven companies are transforming and dominating many traditional industries ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
business strategy
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digital transformation ⓘ software industry ⓘ startups ⓘ technology disruption ⓘ venture capital ⓘ |
| mentionsCompany |
Amazon
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Apple ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
Facebook ⓘ Google ⓘ Netflix ⓘ Skype ⓘ |
| mentionsIndustry |
books
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film ⓘ financial services ⓘ music ⓘ recruiting ⓘ retail ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing technology investment thinking in the 2010s
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popularizing the phrase "software is eating the world" ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011-08-20 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Wall Street Journal ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cloud computing
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digital disruption ⓘ network effects ⓘ platform economy ⓘ software as a service ⓘ |
| thesisClaim |
every company needs to become a software company to remain competitive
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software enables new business models that disrupt incumbents ⓘ value creation is shifting from physical products to software and online services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Software is eating the world Description of subject: "Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Marc
linked to: Software is eating the world