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I’ve been using ChatGPT like a daily journal to translate my innermost thoughts and feelings into a readily understandable format. I've been blown away by the results.
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We crunched the data to find out: Which gen AI apps are people actually using? And which are they returning to, versus dabbling and dropping?
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Thousands of new AI-native companies are vying for attention. We crunched the data to find out: Which generative AI products are people actually using?
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We predict an Era of Abundance — lives will be enriched through new channels for creativity, along with new paths to self discovery and belonging.
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Chatbots have been around for decades, but this time is different. Today’s bots are making inroads into our social lives.
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In a world of retweets, upvotes, and right swipes, studies show that many of us still feel lonely. Thanks to generative AI, we potentially have a new solution: companion chatbots.
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Field Notes is a video podcast series on consumer tech by a16z. Connie Chan talks to former Vogue publisher Susan Plagemann of WME Fashion about editorial and social strategy.
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Field Notes is a new video podcast series on consumer tech. Host Connie Chan and Poshmark cofounder Tracy Sun talk live-shopping, resale, and AI.
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When a new social app starts to "work," it feels like magic, but often looks like a black box.
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We’ve entered the age of generative AI. When new technology captures consumer attention so quickly, it begs the question: Is there real value here?
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There's much more to generative AI than heroic avatars and tongue-in-cheek art. The potential applications are widespread, from drug discovery and therapy to writing, game development, education, ecommerce, and more. Las...
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It’s no secret today’s young people prefer searching for recommendations on video apps over text-based search engines. Even the executives at Google know this. SVP Prabhakar Raghavan recently said that according to the c...
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We worked hard this year to help tease apart what was hype/ what was real when it came to the buzz and noise around tech trends in the news this year (!) on our podcast show “16 Minutes.” To do so, we went beyond the hea...
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From gaming to edtech, marketplaces to social+, these were the most-read consumer tech posts of the year.
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An innovative new wave of social networks has arrived—from audio-first apps to social gaming to the countless consumer apps built with social in their DNA.
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Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back.
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Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back.
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Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back.
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Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back.
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Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back.
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There’s one rule of thumb that’s proven true over and over again: the best version of every consumer product is the one that’s intrinsically social.
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As the shelter-in-place restrictions have tethered many people to their homes, livestreaming—broadcasting user-created video in real time—has skyrocketed. Platforms like Twitch, Caffeine, YouTube Live, and Facebook have...
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This post, part 1 of 2, explains how platforms can help influencers monetize through digital goods and ecommerce. Part 2 will focus on platform memberships sold directly to end users.
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In the future, we’re all going to be shopping on video apps like TikTok. Whether you’re buying instant noodles or high-end sweaters, it has become increasingly clear that short video clips are the future of ecommerce. Th...
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One sunny afternoon this April, a Chinese teenager nicknamed Gallen was backpacking through Bali, hunting for things to do. But he didn't turn to TripAdvisor for crowd-sourced suggestions (too time consuming) or scroll t...
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From emoji and selfies-as-stickers to filters and the “Instagrammification of everything”, there’s a new era of social self-expression happening.
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Besides invisible messages, bigger and predictive emoji, full-screen effects, and movie/TV GIFs, Apple recently announced that stickers, too, are finally coming to its most popular app, iMessage. It’s no surprise that me...
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Somewhere along the way Marc Andreessen went from being the pmarca who blogs to the @pmarca who tweets. Or rather, who tweetstorms.
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Ahh, the Tweetstorm™. It seems like 2014 was the year the storm really hit Twitter, and @pmarca had a hand in popularizing that ... and let us assure you, it was his hand: no PR staff, ghostwriters, robots, or animals we...
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1/Lots of Mirth over "Yo" today (http://t.co/vYHSgl9OOh) but actually there's a fascinating aspect lots of people are missing...
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1/Proposed: Unless you're with your kids, what's on screen in your hand = likely more interesting & important than what's around you.
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I recently joined App.net's board of directors and I'm really excited about Dalton Caldwell's grassroots campaign to build an ad- and influence-free social network. I have contributed to Dalton's quest and encourage ever...
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Loopt, Whrrl, Brightkite, Meetro and many other promising young startups have all ended up as casualties on the Hamburger Hill called social, mobile, local. With the emergence of a critical mass of GPS enabled smartphon...