Productized vertical software created from repeated custom AI solutions
Turn a custom application built for one business into software that can be sold repeatedly to other businesses in the same industry.
online BOTH Product / E-commerce
From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — How a Regular Guy Started a 1-Person Business with AI at 34:08
Problem: Businesses with similar needs would otherwise have to commission separate custom solutions instead of using a repeatable product.
For: Businesses in a defined industry that share the same operational problem, such as dairy farmers needing livestock-management software.
Products from this video
Examples
- A livestock-management application was built in Replit for a brother-in-law's farm to track cows and sheep, identify animals from pictures, record vaccinations and births, and potentially locate animals with GPS and Google Earth.
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