Consumer AI Apps

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

Lenny's Podcast the a16z Podcast 20VC

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Evans: High marginal compute costs hinder breakout consumer AI apps
“We don't have breakout a consumer AI apps yet because I think because of marginal cost more than anything else, you can't make it free and get fifty million users and then have a revenue model.”
Benedict Evans May 31, 2026 ▶ 1:15:14 The most rational take on AI you’ll hear this year
a16z Assertion Supported
Most top consumer AI apps rely on third-party models
“More than half of them are actually hosting or using other people's models or are model aggregators.”
Olivia Moore Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 14:46 The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025
20VC Prediction Open · timeframe May 2029
Arora: Tens of millions of consumer AI apps will fight for mindshare
“There'll be tens of millions of AI apps in the consumer space. Everybody's gonna be fighting for mindshare.”
Nikesh Arora May 20, 2024 ▶ 8:25 Nikesh Arora: Lessons from $102BN Market Cap & How to Create & Sustain Competitive Advantage | E1155 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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