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Jaeden Schaefer

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AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And you don't need this kind of like integration.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

You don't need this Zapier because the agent is just taking over your control of your screen.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And the integration is just literally...

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

the computer being taken over.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

Abdirahman also added that the workflow automation, a lot of the task coordination tools are becoming a lot less necessary if agents simply execute the tasks themselves.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

A lot of public SaaS companies are already feeling pressure as a lot of these kind of these AI native startups are emerging.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

They have a lot more efficient models and architecture.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And I think Ryabinsky put it really plainly.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

He was kind of saying what VCs are looking at.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And he said, the SaaS companies struggling to raise capital are the ones that can easily be rebuilt.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

So generic productivity tools, product management platforms, basic CRM clones, and kind of thin AI wrappers on top of existing APIs all fall into the category.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

Now, are these not going to be successful companies?

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

No.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And this is perhaps what I think

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

It is a really important data point outside of investors and VCs because we just saw a massive exit in AI from a company that was, I think, CalAI just got acquired by my fitness pal that acquired them.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And CalAI just helps you track your calories.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

It helps you lose weight.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

And a lot of people are like, oh, man, this is just a thin wrapper on top of ChatGPT.

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

But guess what?

AI in Business
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today

they had 15 million downloads.