TLDR: I'm working on an idea similar to Teamshares' business model but instead of selling financial products to companies I'd like to sell AI products to companies. I'm open to hearing your thoughts and feedback on this. Tell me why I'm wrong.

Longer Version: Teamshares is a VC-backed company with the explicit mission to return 80% of ownership to employees over 20 years. They describe themselves as a fintech company, as they sell financial products to their portfolio as well. As far as I can tell, their two primary revenue streams are cash flows from the portfolio and subscriptions/use of their financial products.

I'd like to start something similar but replace the financial products with AI products (the rest of the business model remains the same). By way of background, I am an AI engineer and have built AI applications for companies of all sizes. Throughout my search, I've noticed many opportunities to leverage AI in SMBs. The potential of these AI products is immense (even if we are at the peak of inflated expectations) and will revolutionize how businesses operate over the coming decades.

Open Questions: Is VC funding really the best route to accomplish this? If so, how should it be framed? Would selling tech products to portfolio companies really be that profitable? Are we all tired of AI at this point?

Idea Incubation: If you'd like to start this company alongside me, let's chat! I can be reached at --@----.com