Subagent-as-a-service: betting on 'expert' agents like Harvey as tool calls for vertical AI
nbaschez · x · 2026-10-09
The author predicts a new category: "experts" — Subagent-as-a-service that performs specialized tasks using proprietary data and processes.
Example: in legal AI, your main agent is Codex/Claude, while the real sauce comes from players like Harvey as a tool call. The thread extends the idea: if you could request labor from a company via an API call, would the company become a higher-order "factory"? A take on how generic models and vertical expertise may split in the agent ecosystem.
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