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How AI Is Reshaping IT Services from the Inside

AI + a16z · 2026-04-01 · 34 min

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Artificial intelligenceSaaSMSPsecuritysoftware as a service

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Joe Schmidt speaks with Peter Doyle, CEO of Treeline, about why the $100B managed service provider market is a decade behind modern technology and how Treeline is building a new model that combines human technicians with AI and automation. They discuss the company's growth strategy, why pure play software struggles in services categories, and what the forward deployed engineer trend tells us about AI adoption. Resources: Follow Peter Doyle on LinkedIn: Follow Joe Schmidt on X: Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here , including articles, projects, and more podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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