Building AIoT Startups: Why the Venture Studio Model Makes Sense

AI and the Internet of Things are quietly reshaping entire industries — smarter automation, predictive maintenance, operations that talk to each other in real time. But here's the thing: building a successful AIoT startup was never really about writing great code. It's about finding a problem businesses are actually willing to pay to solve.
That's probably why the venture studio model has been catching my attention lately. Instead of the usual "build it and hope someone wants it" approach, venture studios flip the order — they find a real market gap, validate that it's worth pursuing, and only then build a company around it.
While digging into this space, I came across Aperture Venture Studio(https://apertureventurestudio.com/), which focuses specifically on launching AIoT ventures for industrial applications. If the model itself interests you, it's worth a look at how they approach it.
Curious what others think though — do you see venture studios becoming the dominant way deep-tech startups get built, or is there still a strong case for independent founders doing it the traditional way?