The first Vertical AI Summit was a huge success!

Thanks again to @tryramp for hosting, and to our co-host @GreylockVC for helping us put this together

The summit featured:

- @eglyman talking about why the ecosystem around a breakthrough captures more value than its creators. His analogy - AC didn't enrich the AC makers, it built Vegas, Miami, + Singapore. As intelligence gets cheap, the opening is every vertical business that only now becomes possible to build.

- @packyM + @geoffintech talking about how Ramp, a 1,600-person company, moves like a startup and got fully "AI-pilled"

- @nbobba, @mitch_troy and @thejamescad on building differentiation + durability while the foundation models keep getting better

- @GeorgeKurdin showing how @usemonk balances time to value without sacrificing defensibility

- @itaidamti showing how @unit_co_ helps AI agents connect with financial rails

- @SethGRosenberg, @Maxtbrenner, @rahulrekhi, and @will_lawrenceTO talking about earning trust in regulated + relationship driven industries

- Me, @davidneckstein & @vxanand talking about economics of AI native companies

We will be sharing more learnings from the sessions in the coming days + weeks and doing lots more here. Very excited to watch NYC continue to cement itself as the center of gravity for vertical AI!