Justine Moore: App layer AI startups pioneered generation templates before OpenAI
Justine Moore · Where does consumer AI stand at the end of 2025? · Dec 29, 2025 · at 15:49
Justine Moore, partner at a16z, observes that application-layer AI startups drive UI/UX product innovations that major model providers later adopt.
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“I would almost argue the application layer companies, like the Kriyas, the Hedras, the Higgsfields of the world, popularized that template format. And did it first and did it better.”
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