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ServiceNow Sells Workflow Efficiency, Then Shares Fall Efficiently
· New York time
ServiceNow shares fell 27 percent in their worst day on record after underwhelming third-quarter results revived concerns that artificial intelligence could disrupt its software business. The decline shows how quickly a disappointing report can collide with a larger debate about the future of business software. ServiceNow sells tools designed to manage workflows, placing it in a market where customers and investors are assessing what AI might change. Its quarterly results gave skeptics an immediate reason to revisit those expectations. The record drop is a market reaction, not proof that a particular technology has already displaced the company. It does, however, show the size of the gap investors saw between the result and their hopes. Software companies can describe how they expect to benefit from new tools, but shareholders also want current results that support the story. This time, the current quarter made the bigger impression. The company specializes in helping organizations get work through a system. Investors found a system of their own for processing disappointment, and it moved with remarkable speed. ServiceNow now has to make its case in a market that has already attached a very visible price to the uncertainty.
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