AI-Native PE Is Buying Plumbers. Here's What That Tells Me.
Private equity figured out where durable value lives before most founders did. Not software. Boring businesses with an AI layer on top.
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7 years scaling consumer brands. Now building AI systems. Writing at the intersection — for operators who want the structural view, not the ChatGPT-for-email take.
Private equity figured out where durable value lives before most founders did. Not software. Boring businesses with an AI layer on top.
ChatGPT Instant Checkout launched on February 16. Within days, 800 million users had a direct checkout path through an AI agent. Glossier, SKIMS, Vuori — alread
I've started calling it the simultaneous truth.