{"id":31939,"date":"2025-02-08T23:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=31939"},"modified":"2025-02-08T19:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:26:45","slug":"aaron-levie-on-opportunity-in-vertical-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/aaron-levie-on-opportunity-in-vertical-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Levie on Opportunity in Vertical AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a crazy amount of opportunity in vertical AI. Going deep on business workflows combined with AI, and owning the end user experience, is going to be a huge advantage. Some incumbents will make it but tons of room for new startups to emerge as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie\/status\/1888366263510196449?s=43\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/885529357904510976\/tM0vLiYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Aaron Levie<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@levie\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\">There\u2019s a crazy amount of opportunity in vertical AI. Going deep on business workflows combined with AI, and owning the end user experience, is going to be a huge advantage. Some incumbents will make it but tons of room for new startups to emerge as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie\/status\/1888366263510196449?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">2\/8\/25, 5:16\u202fPM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image0-9.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image1-7.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image2-4.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image3-5.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image4-4.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image5.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image5-3-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image6.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image6-2-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image7.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image7-4-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image8.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image8-3-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image9.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image9-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image10.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image10-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image11.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image11-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image12.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image12-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image13.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image13-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image14.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image14-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image15.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image15-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image16.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image16.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image17.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image17.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image18.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image18.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image19.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image19-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image20.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image20-rotated.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a crazy amount of opportunity in vertical AI. Going deep on business workflows combined with AI, and owning the end user experience, is going to be a huge advantage. Some incumbents will make it but tons of room for new startups to emerge as well. &nbsp; &nbsp; Aaron Levie \u2066\u202a@levie\u202c\u2069 There\u2019s a crazy amount [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}