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• December 2024 Enterprise Newsletter: AI Is Driving A Shift Towards Outcome-Based PricingNew

  Ivan Makarov, James da Costa, and Bobby Pinero

  In the December 2024 Enterprise Newsletter, we discuss how AI is now driving the beginning of yet another and possibly more dramatic pricing shift.

• “AI Inside” Opens New Markets for Vertical SaaS

  Angela Strange, James da Costa, and The a16z Enterprise Team

  In this post, we will look at how AI will open new markets previously deemed too “small” to support a large vertical SaaS company.

• October 2024 Fintech Newsletter: Fintech isn’t dead. AI is driving a new beginning 

  Angela Strange, James da Costa, Santiago Rodriguez, and Alex Immerman

  In this month's fintech newsletter, we look at how AI is driving a new beginning for fintech. Plus, when fintechs look more like banks, what does it mean for valuations?

• Vertical SaaS: Now with AI Inside

  Angela Strange and James da Costa

  In this post, we look at how AI is increasing VSaaS revenue per customer by enabling vertical SaaS companies to take on tasks previously too complex for software.

• Every White-Collar Role Will Have An AI Copilot. Then An AI Agent.   

  Angela Strange and James da Costa

  Every white-collar role will have an AI copilot. Some of these roles will be fully automated with AI agents. 

• August 2024 Fintech Newsletter: Learnings from Fintech DevCon 2024, the Pros and Cons of Becoming A Bank, and More

  James da Costa, Alex Immerman, and Justin Kahl

  This month, the a16z fintech team went to Fintech DevCon, payments platform Moov’s annual conference for the fintech developer community.