Verticalized: The Newsletter for Industry Disruption

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Harvey, Rebel, MSOs in Legal, and more
17 hrs ago • 
Eli Dukes
The State of AI-Enabled Rollups
Capital deployment via venture into AI-enabled rollups continues to accelerate.
Nov 19 • 
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Two Games: Kingmaking vs. Durability in the AI Rebuild
the macro-themes driving investment dollars
Nov 5 • 
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October 2025

Leverage through Joint Ventures
analyzing Kobold Metals and mining exploration partnership structures
Oct 15 • 
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Current Product Architectures in Vertical AI
workflows, search, agents, and what's next
Oct 13 • 
Eli Dukes
The Capital Structure Idea Maze
what drives the next crop of industry transformations?
Oct 10 • 
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What drives the EA return case?
AI value creation in LBOs
Oct 6 • 
Eli Dukes

September 2025

The New Value Above Horizontal Replacement
or which vertical AI businesses get better as model capabilities grow?
Sep 29 • 
Eli Dukes
Should you securitize the trading card industry + Information Blocking Laws
Today’s newsletter: trading card AUM plays, Cures Act, and Mark Leonard
Sep 26 • 
Eli Dukes
Vertical RL Environments
game theory in an RL era
Sep 24 • 
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Capital Structures + OpCo/PropCo
blueprints for industry innovation
Sep 17 • 
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Compound Pharmacies
the burgeoning infrastructure behind personalized medicine
Sep 15 • 
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