Investment bubble fears in AI infrastructure are rising, but the next phase of AI growth is expected to come from private software companies, says Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert Smith. The focus will shift to non-public enterprise software companies utilizing “agentic AI” for company tasks, away from dominant hyperscalers like Nvidia and Meta.
Vista Equity Partners, with over 90 portfolio companies, is betting big on applications and agentic software in the AI trade. Private enterprise software companies creating AI applications are the focus, with 97% being private. Vista has created an “agentic factory” to deploy AI across its companies, generating revenue from converting to agentic AI.
Example companies like SimplePractice and Reslinc from Vista’s portfolio demonstrate the potential of agentic AI in boosting productivity. Vista’s portfolio companies are experiencing productivity gains of 30% to 50% in writing code, with tasks that take hours for a person to do being completed in seconds with AI. AI is expected to create new jobs and reinvent existing ones in the industry.
Vista’s bold approach challenges the theory that AI will “eat software,” instead accelerating the growth of enterprise software tools that can perform tasks accurately. While some jobs may be eliminated, AI will enhance the capabilities of knowledge workers and lead to significant productivity and cost savings. Smith emphasizes the transformative impact of AI on all knowledge workers.
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