Eat. Vertical Agents. World.

In the seedy underbelly of Big Tech’s sprawling sterile digital general-purpose empires, something more specialized has been rising— salient, targeted, and inevitable. Vertical agents are an extremely fast-moving space poised to redefine industries, moving beyond generic software to intelligent systems deeply embedded in the workflows of specific domains.

In my mind, they’re not just tools; they’re autonomous problem solvers tuned to the heartbeat of an industry. Let’s think about it this way. If general-purpose AI is a vast neural luminsea, vertical agents are the surgical laser, carving out precise solutions for precise problems.

SaaS (Software as a Service), Venture Capital’s darling for the last two decades, has grown rapidly due to its convenience, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Unlike traditional software, SaaS eliminates the need for costly infrastructure and lengthy installation processes, offering users an immediate solution with an embedded and elegant on/off switch.

Vertical agents could very well be the next evolution of AI—domain-specific systems designed for depth, not breadth. Unlike BigTech’s general-purpose AI models, vertical agents are trained with the nuances, regulations, and context of particular industries that commonly require deep domain expertise to succeed.

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