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Top 100 Gen AI Apps 2025

In March 2025, Andreessen Horowitz released the 4th Edition of their Top 100 Gen AI Apps. If you’re curious about where generative AI is making an impact with everyday users, this latest report is worth a look. This edition continues ranking the AI-first apps that are getting usage through millions of web visits or active mobile users. There are familiar names like ChatGPT and Claude, but also some fast risers like DeepSeek and AI video/audio tools that are reshaping how people create and consume content.

a16z also introduced a “Brink List” for apps that haven’t hit the top 100 yet but are showing breakout potential. There is a podcast hosted by Olivia Moore and Anish Acharya.

The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps – 4th Edition | Andreessen Horowitz

ChatGPT’s Resurgence

  • ChatGPT’s traffic plateaued for a year, with student usage dominating.
  • Recent resurgence is linked to new models, features (like voice mode), and products expanding use cases.

Mobile AI Trends

  • Mobile AI successes often involve on-the-go use cases or assets readily captured by phones, like avatars.
  • Voice-first products are thriving on mobile due to its ease of use for interactions like language learning.

AI Video Specialization

  • AI video models are becoming more specialized, with different strengths like people, landscapes, or anime.
  • CREA aggregates various models and tools, offering a unified platform for video creation.

Brink List Dynamics

  • The Brink List highlights companies that nearly made the top 50.
  • Runway, Otter, and UMax, previously in the top 50, now in Brink List, while CREA and Lovable are rising.

Vibe Coding’s Rise

  • The rise of “vibe coding” products like Cursor and Bolt shows coding for non-technical audiences.
  • Widespread adoption by technical users suggests broader mainstream potential.
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Google’s Notebook LM Audio Overview Feature is Amazing!

Recently, I discovered a new way to engage with my own work using Google’s Notebook LM, and it’s been a game-changer. One feature I’m particularly loving is the Audio Overview—a tool that takes your written content and turns it into a digestible audio summary. I decided to give it a spin by uploading some of my blog posts, Medium articles, and even notes from my technical sandboxes. Hearing my own thoughts played back as an audio narrative was surprisingly insightful. It felt like having my own little personal podcast, pulling together ideas from different projects and platforms into something cohesive and easy to revisit.

What really stood out was how much this helped me see connections between my projects. Listening to my past explorations of data modeling, Power BI, and other experiments made me realize patterns I hadn’t picked up on before. It also sparked a few ideas for things I want to dive deeper into next. The best part? I could listen while doing other things—on a walk, during my commute, or even just while relaxing with a cup of coffee. If you’ve ever felt like your past work is scattered across too many places, the Audio Overview feature is a really cool way to bring it all together in a fresh, new format.

Give it a try—it might surprise you too!

Here the audio overview here!

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GPT-4 and Code Interpreter are hotter than Barbie!

Happy Summer! I’m looking forward to seeing Oppenheimer and Barbie on vacation next week. Both are summer blockbusters which are hot, hot, hot! Explosive and blowing up everywhere. So… What could be bigger and a “real-life actual” game changer?
Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT-4) and Large Language Models (LLM’s).

It’s hard to describe how jaw-dropping Open AI GPT-4 Plus is and for only $20 per month how it can change your life. The ability to load a dataset, run analysis, plot the results, and have the python code available with narrative describing the rationale behind advances statistics is unbelievable. It’s clean, fast, and overall, technically accurate. Note: I’ve executed the python code generated by GPT-4 in my own Jupiter notebook and Visual Studio Code to check the results.

I’ll post additional thoughts on my node.js Azure sandbox but don’t wait for me – go get a subscription and try it out for yourself!

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15 Years since Hans Rosling first excited the world!

Classic Hans Rosling Bubble Chart – on main Tableau page!

I had a chance to take a look today at Tableau Public. I’ve used it in the past but to be honest Tableau is my third favorite visualization tool (behind Qlik and Power BI). I was impressed to see they used an example mimicking the famous TED talk by Hans Rosling. If you haven’t seen this and you’re interested in data and analytics – its a must watch! 🙂