Vista Equity CEO Smith on Growth of AI, Agentic Software
THE SO WHAT
When a major PE shop talks publicly about ‘learning how to use an AI agent,’ it’s a signal that agentic workflows are moving from experiment to portfolio-wide mandate. If you sell B2B software, assume your buyers will soon ask how your product orchestrates or plugs into agents—not just whether you ‘use AI.’
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