Ask HN: What industries are being overlooked by tech?

1 next_unicorn 3 8/22/2025, 3:55:42 PM

To all the non technical industry insiders, what area is ripe for disruption by tech and/or AI ?

Engineers tend to have a certain mindset that can miss out on opportunities outside their bubble. Curious what niche or overlooked problems exist outside of startup world's radar..

Comments (3)

_trampeltier · 2h ago

Not an AI thing, but I think office work in general. The last few years, I think every iteration of any software just give the user more work (and is slower)

next_unicorn · 30m ago

Can you be more specific? Are the apps used becoming slower or can the human managing data across all these apps be replaced ?

throwaway29303 · 2h ago

I would say management. Think Chief $SOMETHING Officers, etc.

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Ask HN: What industries are being overlooked by tech?

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