** Barclays downgrades Teamviewer TMV.DE to "equal-weight" from "overweight" as it sees artificial intelligence as a threat to the German software company's business model
** The broker says the emergence of AI lowers barriers to entry for Teamviewer's competitors
** Barclays adds that 1E, which Teamviewer acquired in 2024, has performed poorly ever since
** It also says that AI assistants increasingly help users to self-solve issues , resulting in a decline in ticket volumes
** Shares of TeamViewer are down 1.3% and are among the bottom movers of the German mid-cap index .MDAXi
(Reporting by Simon Ferdinand Eibach)
((Simonferdinand.eibach@thomsonreuters.com))