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Feels like every week there’s a new AI tool, AI app builder, or “next big platform” launching with massive hype behind it.

Do you think the AI space is still early, or are we already entering the oversaturated phase?

Last year felt dominated by flashy AI launches:

• viral demos
• AI agents doing everything
• futuristic landing pages
• endless “replace your team” messaging

But the businesses I keep seeing actually retain users are much less exciting on the surface.

They solve boring operational problems:

• invoice follow-ups
• customer replies
• internal documentation
• scheduling
• CRM cleanup
• reporting
• workflow automation
• data organization

Not sexy.
But businesses immediately understand the value.

I’m starting to think the next wave of successful AI companies may look less like “magic AI” and more like infrastructure quietly removing friction from everyday work.

The hype gets attention.
Operational reliability gets retention.