According to Paris Heymann, a partner at Index Ventures, the current wave of AI-powered products and services can be sorted into three layers:
- Foundational models
- AI infrastructure
- AI applications
“Some of these applications will be broadly horizontal,” he writes in TC+, “but many AI applications will also be vertical, or industry-focused.”
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In this market map, Heymann looks at AI stack startups exploring myriad aspects of this explosive sector, shares thoughts on where “Vertical AI” is heading, and offers advice on how SaaS startups should approach embedding features and functionality.
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