In AI-native firms, tech automates 75% of the work. What about the other 25%?
The 25% nobody's underwritingAI-native services are betting on automation. The hard part is everything left over.MonicaJul 29, 202621ShareEveryone’s excited to use a chatbot. Opendoor and Compass now trade around 1x forward revenue, against 5-8x for public software.
- ▪The 25% nobody's underwritingAI-native services are betting on automation.
- ▪The hard part is everything left over.MonicaJul 29, 202621ShareEveryone’s excited to use a chatbot.
- ▪Opendoor and Compass now trade around 1x forward revenue, against 5-8x for public software.
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The 25% nobody's underwritingAI-native services are betting on automation. The hard part is everything left over.MonicaJul 29, 202621ShareEveryone’s excited to use a chatbot. Ask the same team to change their workflows, double their throughput, or spend half their day selling, and many professionals start to bristle.That gap is the entire investment case for AI-native services, and it’s the part nobody’s underwriting.The history here is well covered: Atrium, WeWork, Opendoor, Compass — VC-backed services companies that raised like tech companies and ultimately got priced as something else. Opendoor and Compass now trade around 1x forward revenue, against 5-8x for public software.
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