# Linkedin Oct 2026 Market Observations

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In October 2026 I reflected on how the software market was evolving, noting that the database software category had been the dominant arena in the mid‑2010s and that a modest 2 % market share there once sufficed for IPO ambitions.

If a founder built a startup in the database market in the mid-2010s, 2% market share meant the company could IPO.

No surprise the database was the most important software category in that era.

Inference is about to surpass it.

This shift suggests that future strategic focus may move from traditional database services toward inference‑driven technologies.

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