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Vertical SaaS: Now with AI Inside

Angela Strange and James da Costa · Andreessen Horowitz Free Intermediate

This explains why niches once dismissed as too small (laundromats, vets, clinics) become real businesses when AI absorbs the labor-heavy steps and drops acquisition cost. That is the economics shift at the center of your question, shown concretely. Use it to see how a specific painful job in a small market turns into an opportunity.

• AI reopens niches that were too small to serve before
• Automating rote steps lifts revenue and cuts acquisition cost
• The product feels like leverage, not another dashboard