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Pulse Line · Jul 29, 2026
The Big Shift in Al Funding: Vertical Agents, Real ROI, and Billion-Dollar Rounds
Capital is not flowing to whoever builds the smartest agent. It is flowing to whoever picks the narrowest problem.
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