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Why Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS

2024/11/22
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Gary 认为垂直 AI Agent 的市场规模将非常巨大,并以 SaaS 行业类比,指出该领域将涌现出大量市值数十亿美元的创业公司。他强调 LLM 技术的变革性作用,类似于 AJAX 对 SaaS 的影响,并认为垂直 AI Agent 将软件和人员整合到一个产品中,可以取代企业中整个团队和职能,其规模可能是其所颠覆的 SaaS 公司的十倍。 Harsh 关注 LLM 技术对企业运营模式的影响,认为 LLM 可以帮助初创企业自动化流程,减少人员招聘,并改变企业发展模式。他还探讨了 AI 如何扩展管理者的能力,以及如何利用 AI 工具更好地理解公司运营情况。 Diana 则从实际案例出发,分析了多个垂直 AI Agent 公司的成功经验,例如 CosyLit 利用 AI 语音呼叫自动化催收流程,Cabiliti 建立了优秀的聊天机器人帮助减少开发支持团队的规模,Paralegal 则专注于 AI 客服代理领域。她认为 AI 语音应用可以取代呼叫中心枯燥重复的工作,并强调 AI 客服领域将出现高度专业化和垂直化的趋势。

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The hosts discuss the potential of vertical AI agents to disrupt incumbent SaaS companies and create new billion-dollar businesses.
  • Vertical AI agents could replace entire teams and functions in enterprises.
  • The progression of AI models is mind-blowing, with significant improvements every three months.
  • Competition among AI models is fostering a vibrant marketplace for consumers and founders.

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As AI models continue to rapidly improve and compete with one another, a new business model is coming into view: vertical AI agents.

In this episode of the Lightcone, the hosts consider what effect vertical AI agents will have on incumbent SaaS companies, what use cases make the most sense, and how there could be 300 billion-dollar companies in this category alone.