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Your Questions Answered: Vibe Coding, Consumer Defensibility, and the Future of Agent Management

2025/4/17
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Michael Mignano: 我认为AI应用层的机会同时存在于新兴市场和现有市场。现有市场中,AI将提高效率,从而使现有企业做大做强,利润率提高。新兴市场方面,AI将带来意想不到的机遇,催生新的企业和产品。总的来说,我认为现有市场将占据大部分机会,但软件行业的历史也表明,新兴市场总能带来惊喜。 关于SaaS市场规模,我认为AI将扩大市场规模,而非缩小。人类对软件的需求永无止境,AI将创造更多需求和机会,填补之前无法填补的空白,并催生新的产品和服务。 对于消费者AI初创公司而言,可持续的防御策略与AI出现之前并无太大区别,仍然是网络效应、数据模式和强大的品牌。虽然策略相同,但AI时代竞争加剧,风险也随之提高,因为现在更多人可以创建产品。因此,企业需要比以往更快地行动,建立更强大的网络效应和数据模式。 AI公司中正在出现两种新兴角色:代理工程师和代理经理。代理工程师是新型软件工程师,需要掌握提示工程、向量数据库等多种技能,并具备很强的适应能力。代理经理则负责协调和管理大量的AI代理,这是一个复杂的角色,需要新的工具和方法来跟踪和衡量代理的工作效率。 我认为消费者AI的最佳垂直领域包括教育、消费者服务和基于“氛围编码”的创意内容创作。教育领域,AI可以成为个性化导师,帮助人们学习。基于“氛围编码”,AI降低了创作门槛,将催生新的创意产品和服务,甚至可能出现类似于应用商店的平台。 关于苹果公司在AI领域的落后,我认为他们可能需要收购一家大型基础模型公司来追赶,但这将面临巨大的监管和财务挑战。 AI在争议解决和仲裁领域也具有潜力,它可以以一种更客观、更高效的方式来处理纠纷。 最后,风险投资对AI领域的投资热情高涨,各类型投资者都希望参与其中。

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In this special mailbag episode of Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano tackles your questions from X and LinkedIn. He gets into AI's market expansion, startup defensibility, which verticals investors are watching, and how the most interesting new roles are being shaped by AI.  Plus, Michael shares what is exciting about consumer AI products right now.

Episode Chapters

(00:00) Introduction

(00:35) AI Opportunities: New vs. Existing Markets

(02:09) Will SaaS TAMs Expand or Contract with AI?

(02:59) Creating Defensibility for Consumer AI Startups

(05:29) Emerging Roles: Agent Engineers vs. Agent Managers (08:25) Best Verticals for Consumer AI

(11:39) What Acquisition Could Fix Apple's AI Lag?

(13:19) AI's Potential in Dispute Resolution

(14:38) The State of VC Funding in AI 

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