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1 month ago | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |James da Costa
At a16z'a fourth annual Connect/Fintech event, discussions spanned what's working in AI, operational lessons on how to scale faster, and the future of banking charters.
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2 months ago | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |James da Costa
For voice agents in finance to become successful, they will need to navigate a number of industry-specific nuances.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Soups Ranjan |Andrew Steele |Angela Strange
Sardine, the leading AI risk platform for fraud, compliance, and credit underwriting, today announced a $70 million Series C funding round, bringing the total capital raised to $145 million. The round was led by Activant Capital, with participation from new and existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Nyca Partners, Google Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Cross Creek Capital, Moody’s Analytics, Experian Ventures, and NAventures.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
a16z.com | Marc Andrusko |Seema Amble |Angela Strange
In the January 2025 Fintech newsletter, we break down the rise of vertical AI in accounting, big ideas for 2025 in fintech, and market intel.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Alex Rampell |Angela Strange |David Haber
Did you know the U.S. nurse labor market is over $600 billion annually, but the dedicated software market for nurses is almost zero? In this episode General Partners Alex Rampell, David Haber, and Angela Strange discuss how AI is revolutionizing labor by automating tasks traditionally done by humans.They’ll trace the evolution of cloud eras —...
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |James da Costa
In this post, we will look at how AI will open new markets previously deemed too “small” to support a large vertical SaaS company.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Kimberly Ane Tan |David Ulevitch |Angela Strange |Jeff Silverstein
As AI turns labor into software, the opportunity to productize external professional services (e.g., in legal or accounting) has become a hot topic. However, we believe there is also substantial opportunity in productizing internal work within organizations. These responsibilities often fall under the umbrella term of “operations” and can range from full-time data entry and front desk roles, to routine operational tasks embedded in every other role.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |Santiago Rodriguez |Alex Immerman |James da Costa
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?
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |Justin Kahl |David George |Alex Immerman
This is the first installment of a two-part series on AI Inside Vertical SaaS. In 2020, we wrote about how fintech scales vertical SaaS and noted that by adding fintech, SaaS businesses can increase revenue per customer by 2-5x and open up new SaaS markets that were previously inaccessible due to market size or customer acquisition cost. Four years later, vertical SaaS (VSaaS) is scaling once again, but now it’s for a different reason: artificial intelligence.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Angela Strange
Every White-Collar Role Will Have An AI Copilot. Then An AI Agent. | Andreessen HorowitzWe believe every white-collar role will have an AI copilot. Some of these roles will be fully automated with AI agents. While incumbents are often …
