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Vertical LLM Agents Are the New $1 Billion SaaS Opportunities 🚀 Epsilla (YC S23) is on a mission to empower vertical AI solutions, like CaseText did with GPT-4. Our all-in-one platform enables you to create vertical LLM agents powered by your private data and knowledge. Jake highlighted the need for more than simple GPT wrappers—it's about customizable workflows and letting LLMs conduct step-by-step problem-solving. At Epsilla, our agent workflow customization does exactly that, ensuring reliability and accuracy for mission-critical use cases. Create intelligent agents that understand, think, and solve problems—not just answer questions. Let's shape the future of vertical AI together. 🌟 Sign up Epsilla for FREE today at https://lnkd.in/eKXZd3EN #VerticalAI #LLMAgents #Epsilla #WorkflowCustomization #YCombinator

At DevRev, we’re combining AI and design to tackle the challenges of modern SaaS. In the latest episode of Dev Interrupted, our CEO and co-founder, Dheeraj Pandey, talks about how we’re taking inspiration from consumer platforms like TikTok to create intuitive, human-centered AI products that streamline enterprise workflows. The result: Making SaaS easier and more efficient for teams. Less = more ✅ Catch the full episode for more insights right here: https://dvrv.ai/3YpoBmh

Last year’s unprecedented SaaS discounts were impressive, but this year is even more exciting, with AI-powered tools taking center stage. We’ve connected with industry leaders to bring exclusive AI deals you won’t find anywhere else. We’ll spotlight the best deals, explore the new AI features of top SaaS tools, and share insights on how these enhancements can boost productivity and drive growth. 🌟 #SAASdiscounts #AIpoweredtools #exclusivedeals #AIfeatures #topSAAS #blackfriday

The 2024 SaaS Benchmarks survey is open. Partnering with OpenView and High Alpha, we're exploring key trends—pricing, churn, AI, and founder health. Take the survey now for early access to these insights. → https://lnkd.in/eBVwXaaE

This week, Matt talks AI and sales growth with the founder and CEO of Whale Boss, Ryan Staley. From early adoption to innovation, get Ryan's tips for leveraging AI in SaaS. Is AI the key to boosting sales? #ScaleYourSaaS

🤯 Forget SaaS. The next wave is AI that eats entire departments for breakfast. 2022: "AI can write emails" 2023: "AI can code" 2024: "AI can replace entire departments" Y Combinator and Garry Tan claim that the next wave of $300B+ companies won't be building software... They'll be building AI agents that do the work of: - 1000-person customer service teams - Entire recruiting departments - Full QA organizations - Collections call centers The playbook? Find the most boring, repetitive work in any industry. That's your $1B opportunity. What mind numbing work would you replace first? 👇 #AI #FutureOfWork #YCombinator

No single clip could capture the broad spectrum of discussions on our recent Bold Calling episode with Leslie Venetz, but this snippet was truly fascinating. AI continues to creep into every aspect of SaaS sales, but if it's not being used to spur actions by your humans, it's likely not all that productive. Orum's AI powers features like Boost Connect and Hot Numbers, which dramatically increase your connect rate by showing you who is most likely to pick up and automatically selecting the best call-from number for each call. Have you checked out the episode yet? https://lnkd.in/grfFrikr

YC call to founders: 📢 "If you can find a boring, repetitive admin task, there’s likely a billion-dollar AI agent startup opportunity.” The vertical agent hype is real, and Y Combinator team makes some great points in their recent podcast... but is there a parallel story that’s being missed? 💡 As generative coding tools continue evolving, building software is shifting from technical skills and budget constraints to something much simpler: your team’s ability to identify a problem and articulate a solution. Repetitive, administrative workflows are great opportunities for the introduction of AI agents... but since many these processes are also very well understood, the functionality behind solutions can be replicated. The "build vs. buy" conversation is about to get a lot more interesting. ⚒️ The Builder Economy is coming—so, instead of giving companies a fish, is there a bigger opportunity in teaching them how? ... #BuilderEconomy #AI #GenerativeAI #VerticalAI #Entrepreneurship

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. ▶️ https://lnkd.in/gTX75puh