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Schmidt: AI automation will eliminate traditional SDR early-stage prospecting roles
“We're starting to see that process, like basically disappear with certain customers, which is really, really exciting. And frankly, like frees up humans to do the things that they're best at, which is like sell. Right. And so I think we're gonna see things lik…”
Schmidt: Vertical AI automation startups are growing faster than any previous category
“And so I think we're seeing a bunch of these applications pop up and frankly have growth rates on like anything I've ever seen again.”
Schmidt: The market shows unprecedented demand for AI intelligent pipeline tools
“There's insatiable demand right now in demand. And frankly, in which I've never really seen for products in that intelligent pipeline layer.”
Schmidt: Board-level urgency driving enterprise AI adoption mandates will inevitably end
“There are AI Boards at every enterprise right now saying like, here's what we need to buy and we need to do it by X period of time. And that surely will go away, but there is this moment of like crazy, you know, kinetic energy inside of big companies.”
Schmidt: Next PE era involves tech-automated small businesses acquiring rivals
“I see, like, the next evolution of private equity being possible where small businesses can leverage technology to basically, like, automate parts of their services organization and then go and use a better business model to acquire other small businesses.”
Schmidt: AI rollups of mom-and-pop businesses will build massive enterprises
“If you can find one of these end markets where there's like, you know, a significant number of mom and pop businesses where you can go and run that, like, CAC minded playbook of like acquiring and implementing and building a repeatable motion around that. I th…”
Schmidt: AI will not replace high-quality enterprise sales processes or human elements
“AI is not going to replace like a very high quality sales process. Like you need to figure out who your customer is. You need to figure out what they want and you need to build the best product and the right process around that to be effective. And so like tha…”