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Decoder with Nilay Patel

Decoder with Nilay Patel

The SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian's CEO

Decoder with Nilay Patel · Sep 28, 2026 · 1:16:26

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My guest today is Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is co-founder and CEO of Atlassian. Atlassian is one of those companies that every other company runs on — it makes important platform tools like Jira and Trello. This means Atlassian is also right in the middle of the way AI is changing how all these companies work. 

Or, if you buy the idea of the so-called SaaSpocalypse, AI might just build all of these tools for you, destroying this entire category of businesses. Obviously, Mike had a lot of thoughts pushing back on this narrative, so we spent time really digging in and talking through what AI is doing to enterprise software. 

Links: 


How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation | Decoder (2021)

Building a $45B company far from Silicon Valley’s ‘froth and bubbles’ | Semafor

Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes on Atlassian and AI | Stratechery

How Atlassian shook off the 'SaaSpocalypse' for a big rally  | IBD

Atlassian acquires The Browser Company, maker of the Arc browser | The Verge

Atlassian Co-CEO resigns, leaving Cannon-Brookes as sole chief | Bloomberg

Atlassian cuts 1,600 jobs amid AI push | Forbes




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Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Decoder’s producers are Greg Ott, Kate Cox, and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Ursa Wright. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane. 

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinde
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