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What's Working in Vertical Voice AI
With Mike Droesch, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
May 27
SaaSpocalypse Now
Five myths about the software selloff — and what they mean for AI
May 26
The LLM Survivability Test
The question every Vertical AI founder needs to answer before foundation models make their product a feature. With Vignesh Ravikumar & Brendon Schmit of…
May 22
Jacob Sandry at Euclid Power: AI in High-Stakes Industries
Why AI's 99% isn't good enough for high-consequence workflows — and how to solve for it
May 13
David Haber at a16z: In Vertical AI, Market Structure Is the New TAM
Why VC needs to rethink market size — and get smarter on market shape
May 6
The Dark Marketplace
Vertical AI is coming for commerce — the winners will be the ones that learn how buyers think
May 1

April 2026

Morgan Livermore at SuperCruise Capital: Software Defensibility 2.0
The two new nodes of software defensibility in the age of AI
Apr 29
Alex Jekowsky at Cents: Hardware as an AI Moat
How Cents is owning the laundry industry by inverting the Toast model
Apr 22
How to Compete with Legacy Incumbents
With Alex Niehenke, Partner at Scale Venture Partners
Apr 17
Service-Level Disagreement
The VC debate on AI Services — and why they won't escape the gravity of software
Apr 16
Navigating Vertical B2B2C
With Andres Robelo — Founder & CEO of Playbypoint
Apr 8
The Vertical Report 2026
Annual state of Vertical AI
Apr 6
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