Daisy Zhao

Mar 6, 2025 | a16z.com | Olivia Moore |Daisy Zhao |Justine Moore |Yoko Li

In just six months, the consumer AI landscape has been redrawn. Some products surged, others stalled, and a few unexpected players rewrote the leaderboard overnight. Deepseek rocketed from obscurity to a leading ChatGPT challenger. AI video models advanced from experimental to fairly dependable (at least for short clips!). And so-called “vibecoding” is changing who can create with AI, not just who can use it.