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40 million daily ChatGPT users request health advice; health, jobs, and personal finance use cases represent major opportunity for vertical-specific AI applications with specialized integrations
Mustafa Suleyman· Microsoft AI· AI· 2026-07-06· about ChatGPT
“like this thing I'm looking at is like all of the big use cases of chat. And if you look at those big use cases, you can imagine creating a dedicated experience for each of them. Like people, 40 million people a day ask ChatGPT for uh health advice. Tons of people ask for jobs advice. Tons of people ask for personal finance advice.”
Why it matters
Massive baseline demand exists for AI-powered health, jobs, and personal finance advice, but horizontal tools like ChatGPT are not optimized for these use cases. Purpose-built vertical applications with domain-specific integrations could capture significant value.
Investment implication
Investors should target startups building specialized AI applications for healthcare, recruitment, and fintech with relevant data integrations (e.g., health records, job databases, financial institution APIs). These verticals have both large user bases and regulatory/data advantages.