CROSS-CATEGORY: Vertical AI Unicorns Emerge Simultaneously Across Legal ($5.55B), Healthcare ($2.2B), and MarTech ($2.75B)

Multiple (SaaS Ultra / SF Standard / Wellows)·high signal

Three unrelated verticals produced AI unicorns with near-identical playbooks within the same funding cycle: Legora ($5.55B, legal AI automating case research and filings), EliseAI ($2.2B, real estate and healthcare AI replacing manual operations), and Hightouch ($2.75B, marketing AI executing autonomous campaigns). All three replace manual professional workflows with autonomous agents, all achieved >100% YoY growth, and all raised from top-tier VCs at valuations dwarfing horizontal SaaS competitors — confirming vertical AI is not a niche strategy but the dominant SaaS replacement pattern.