Verticalized: The Newsletter for Industry Disruption | Eli Dukes | Substack

Differentiated Data Recipes, Undifferentiated Compute

The applied AI recipe in 2026

Jan 21 • Eli Dukes

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Vertical SaaS is Dead. Long Live Vertical SaaS.

Feb 20, 2024 • Eli Dukes

The Founder's Series: Loop Payments

Jan 11, 2023 • Eli Dukes

Nov 8, 2023 • Eli Dukes

The Current Tech-Enabled Rollup Gap + the Funeral Industry

Apr 1, 2025 • Eli Dukes

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What's Coming in 2026?

The Age of Dichotomies bleeds into the Age of Deployment

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This Week in Vertical Tech

SimGym, GDPVal, AI Industry Penetration, and more

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This Week in Vertical Tech

Thrive announces an OpenAI partnership, Unlimited, and Norm Law

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inside the playbook of a breakout vertical SaaS company

Dec 3, 2025 • Eli Dukes

The hidden currents of industry

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