
Vertical Integrators

Techno-Industrials are addressing larger markets than most software companies can.
They use whichever tools they need to provide better solutions to key bottlenecks with better unit economics than incumbents.
They are more capital efficient than most investors expect.
And they have to be more strategically sound than the average software company.
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They use whichever tools they need to provide better solutions to key bottlenecks with better unit economics than incumbents.
They are more capital efficient than most investors expect.
And they have to be more strategically sound than the average software company.
B... See more
Better Tools, Bigger Companies
With the rise of AI-powered software development, including low-code platforms and vibe coding, robust cloud computing resources, and mature open-source ecosystems, building large-scale software quickly has never been easier. As a result, entrepreneurs are now creating AI-powered vertical SaaS products that combine the functionality of multiple hor... See more
The Rise of AI-Powered Vertical SaaS
"All parts of our economy were previously based on scarcity. In almost every case, that scarcity has disappeared. The way you win on the internet is to be the starting place where people go - Google, Facebook, these aggregators - or you're highly differentiated and you leverage the fact that you have zero distribution to reach anyone."
Ben Thompson • Platforms, Ecosystems, and Aggregators

