Definition
Vertical AI
AI built deeply for one specific domain or industry rather than for general use.
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AI purpose-built for one industry rather than horizontal and general.
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Uncanny ValleyThe creepy zone where an AI feels almost human and people recoil once they realize it is not.Unsupervised learningTraining a model on unlabeled data so it finds patterns and groupings on its own.VectorA numerical representation of any data object. Vectors allow machine learning models to understand and compare information mathematically — the building block of semantic search.Vector SearchA method of finding relevant documents by measuring mathematical similarity between text embeddings. Effective but blind to relationships between documents that don't share identical language.Vertical AI IntegrationAI tools built specifically for a defined industry or workflow rather than the general public. Stronger retention because they solve a specific, repeated pain point deeply.Vibe CheckBurak's informal but effective method for evaluating AI model quality - connecting a candidate model to real data and assessing whether it 'feels' smarter: better analysis, better question interpretation, more proactive suggestions.ViT (Vision Transformer)A transformer adapted to work with images by splitting each picture into patches and treating them like words.WeightsThe numbers inside a neural network that set the strength of connections between neurons and determine how it processes input.