§ Verticals·AI in twenty real industries
What AI actually does in twenty industries that ship.
Each card is a long-form applied guide — what is deployed in production today, who is shipping, the five real use-cases that work, what the sector still cannot do, regulatory reality, and what a senior operator should do this quarter.
V/01 · HIPAA · FDA · CMS
Healthcare
Clinical decision support, imaging diagnostics, claims, drug discovery.
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V/02 · SEC · FINRA · OCC
Finance
Trading, risk, KYC/AML, customer service, document processing.
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V/03 · DoD · DARPA · DIU
Defense
Autonomy, ISR, decision support, logistics, defensive cyber.
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V/04 · FERPA · COPPA · Title I
Education
Tutoring, grading, curriculum generation, accessibility, language.
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V/05 · FedRAMP · NIST AI RMF · OMB
Government
Constituent services, document review, fraud detection, FOIA.
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V/06 · PCI DSS · GDPR · CCPA
Retail
Demand forecasting, personalization, returns fraud, store ops.
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V/07 · ISA/IEC 62443 · OSHA
Manufacturing
Predictive maintenance, CV quality control, generative design.
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V/08 · USDA · EPA · FDA
Agriculture
Precision agriculture, crop disease detection, robotic harvest.
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V/09 · FERC · NERC · DOE
Energy
Grid optimization, exploration, renewables forecasting, demand response.
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V/10 · ABA · state bar UPL rules
Legal
Document review, contract analysis, e-discovery, brief drafting.
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V/11 · FMCSA · DOT · USPS
Logistics
Route optimization, warehouse robotics, last-mile, ETA.
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V/12 · FHA · RESPA · state DRE
Real Estate
Valuation, leasing automation, property management, transactions.
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V/13 · NAIC · state DOIs
Insurance
Underwriting, claims, fraud detection, dynamic pricing.
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V/14 · DMCA · NIST · FTC
Media + Publishing
Content generation, recommendation, copyright friction, monetization.
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V/15 · SEC climate rule · ISSB · TCFD
Climate + Carbon
Weather + climate modeling, carbon accounting, MRV.
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V/16 · FDA · NIH · ICH GCP
Biotech + Drug Discovery
Target ID, molecular design, clinical trial optimization.
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V/17 · DOE · NIST · NREL
Materials Science
Inverse design, batteries, alloys, polymers.
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V/18 · NHTSA · CA DMV · UNECE
Automotive + Mobility
Driver assistance, full self-driving status, in-cabin assistant.
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V/19 · DOT · FTC · GDPR
Hospitality + Travel
Booking, dynamic pricing, concierge, operations.
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V/20 · FCC · NENA · CISA
Public Safety + Emergency
911 triage, fire prediction, search-and-rescue, mass-casualty.
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All twenty guides are CC-BY 4.0. Each cites real deployed systems, named vendors, and current regulatory reality. None cite hype.
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