60-second commercial
A read-in commercial placed mid-episode. Listen to a live example at 25:49 of this episode.
Hear it at 25:49 ↗50 episodes in 2027
VERTICALS Podcast
The flagship show for vertical software and vertical AI. Recent guests include Ilir Sela (Slice), Sam Youssef (Valsoft), Michael Saltzman (EvolutionIQ), David Haber (a16z), Nikhil Basu Trivedi and more. Every episode ships to YouTube, is clipped across X and LinkedIn, and drives readers back to the VSG content hub.
- 8K
- YouTube subscribers
- ~3K
- Avg views per episode
- 200K
- Views LTM
- 50
- Episodes in 2027
Inventory
What's for sale in 2027
01
60-second commercials
50 in 2027One read-in commercial per episode — one advertiser, no rotation.
02
Presented-by visuals
50 in 2027One primary “Presented by” treatment per episode across the video and thumbnail.
03
Supported-by logos
250 in 2027Five logo slots in the bottom banner of every episode (5 × 50).
Examples
Every podcast placement, with a real example
This is exactly what each unit looks like on a live episode.
Your logo, every frame
Presented-by visual
A “Presented by” treatment with your logo sits in the corner of the frame for the entire episode, and carries into the thumbnail.
ParafinXplor PayEuclid VenturesValsoftCadre AIParafinXplor PayEuclid VenturesValsoftCadre AI
Five supporting logos · scrolling bottom banner
Supported-by logos
A scrolling bottom banner on every episode carrying five supporting-sponsor logos.
The guest list
Operators who have actually done it
The podcast isn't theory. Every episode is a conversation with founders, CEOs and investors who have built, scaled, bought and sold vertical software and AI companies.
Watch ↗Episode 1
Unbundling The Franchise
Ilir Sela
Founder & CEO, Slice
Watch ↗Ep 8
How to Build a Vertical SaaS Empire
Sam Youssef
CEO, Valsoft
Watch ↗Ep 15
How Michael Saltzman Built EvolutionIQ to Win in Enterprise AI
Michael Saltzman
EvolutionIQ
Watch ↗The Best AI Startup Opportunities In 2026
David Haber
a16z
Watch ↗The Next AI Giants Will Be Both Consumer and Enterprise
Nikhil Basu Trivedi
Investor
Watch ↗How Open Source Is Changing the Game for Vertical AI
Jake Saper
Emergence
Watch ↗The New Rules for Building Vertical AI
Kyle Lui
Investor
Watch ↗Ep 12
Unlocking Billions in Embedded Fintech
Rahul Hampole
GM of Fintech, ServiceTitan
Watch ↗Ep 14
How Nate Baker Built Qualia and Fractal to Win in Vertical AI
Nate Baker
Qualia & Fractal
Watch ↗Ep 13
How Levelset Built and Sold a Vertical SaaS Company for $500M
Scott Wolf
Founder & former CEO, Levelset
Watch ↗Ep 5
How Todd Saunders Built a $30M Vertical SaaS in Flooring
Todd Saunders
Flooring SaaS
Watch ↗Ep 6
AI in Healthcare
Mike Kopko
CEO, Pearl Health
See the work
Recent episodes
Every 2027 commercial, presented-by treatment and logo banner runs inside episodes that look exactly like these.
Why Everyone Is Building Their Own Software
Alex Oppenheimer
Watch / read ↗How Open Source Is Changing the Game for Vertical AI
Jake Saper · Emergence
Watch / read ↗The Unsexy AI Vertical That's About to Explode
Zach Rosen
Watch / read ↗The AI Gold Rush Is Chasing the Wrong Thing
Adam Harris
Watch / read ↗The Biggest Mistake AI Founders Make Today
Zain Jaffer
Watch / read ↗This School Principal Built a Million-Dollar AI Company
Adeel Khan
Watch / read ↗What Investors Actually Look For in Founders
Dan Teran & James Gettinger
Watch / read ↗The Next AI Giants Will Be Both Consumer and Enterprise
Nikhil Basu Trivedi
Watch / read ↗The New Rules for Building Vertical AI
Kyle Lui
Watch / read ↗Why Voice AI Could Change Software Forever
Mike Droesch
Watch / read ↗Why AI Alone FAILS in Industries Like This
Jacob Sandry
Watch / read ↗Why Software Is Becoming Worth $0 In The Age of AI
David Haber
Watch / read ↗Performance
The numbers behind it
- 8K
- YouTube subscribers
- ~3K
- Avg views per episode
- 200K
- Views LTM
- 50
- Episodes in 2027
Placements
How each placement works
01
The 60-second commercial
A single read-in commercial per episode — no ad pods, no rotation, no competing brand in the same episode. Written with Luke so it lands as context rather than an interruption, and kept in the permanent YouTube version.
02
The presented-by visual
Your brand carries the episode: on-screen treatment during the intro, lower-third presence, and the episode's title card. One advertiser per episode.
03
Supported-by logos
Five logo slots in the bottom banner run for the full episode. This is the highest-volume, lowest-cost way to stay visible across the entire season — Category Owners hold a slot in all 50 episodes.
Included with every package
Social amplification isn't sold as inventory — it's the default
Every episode, newsletter, workshop and report is promoted across @LukeSophinos on X (36K followers, 1.3M impressions LTM), Luke Sophinos on LinkedIn (600K impressions and 225K members reached LTM) and the VSG Founder Slack (120+ founders & CEOs). Sponsors ride along on all of it. We don't count posts as placements or invoice for them — it's simply how VSG distributes work.
First come, first served
Be the brand seen by vertical heroes.
For one entire year.
January 1 – December 31, 2027. Allocated in signing order — pick the package you want, or talk it through with Luke first.
Or review the audience metrics first.