{
  "id": 4652392,
  "title": "Software companies pay steep price to buy time against AI threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/software-companies-pay-steep-price-to-buy-time-against-ai-threat",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Times",
    "slug": "financial-times",
    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/485a3d1c-d282-4921-9dee-c644c5856030?syn-25a6b1a6=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Private equity groups face a $40bn maturity wall in 2028 to refinance Covid-era software buyouts",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}