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Are we about to see a run on Private Equity?

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Feb 4, 2026 · 05:42

Hundreds of PE shops now, just in the US, and we're coming to the end of the ZIRP/Fed liquidity bonanza era.

At peak, PE was dumping 90% of capital into software. Easily their largest allocation, as high as 58% of all transactions in 2025.

*And now the AI reaper is knocking for SaaS and Enterprise software...*

If today was the public investors jamming the exits, are the big boys on the phone ordering redemptions?

Bonus points for responses from folks in the industry.