Recent report from a16z (collab with Mercury) on AI Application Spending.
The AI Application Spending Report: Where Startups Dollars Really Go
Quick highlights:
- Horizontal applications have a slight majority in spend (horizontal apps - focused on boosting overall productivity across a company, with anyone able to use them; vertical apps - targeting specific roles)
- Vertical applications can be augmentors - or substitutes. Currently, most examples seen for vertical apps are where it can supercharge human employees in their roles by reducing the most repetitive or mundane tasks, so that they can spend their time on higher-value work.
- Vibe coding is no mere consumer trend - it has landed in workplaces.
- Products are moving from consumer -> prosumer -> enterprise
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Todor Kostov
Director
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