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The Future of Consumer

How AI Will Usher in
an Era of Abundance

As we enter the AI era, we predict the benefits to consumers will be as profound as the technology is magical.

What We Believe

It’s impossible to talk about new technology without talking about human flourishing — every new technology from the plow to the microchip has typically been followed by a period of newfound wealth for consumers in the form of cheaper goods, improved productivity, and longer, healthier lives. In many ways, the most financially average person in our modern society experiences daily luxuries that history’s Pharaohs and Caesars could not imagine: instant communication, broadcast television, global travel, antibiotics.

As we enter the AI era, we predict the benefits to consumers will be as profound as the technology is magical; what indeed are the implications for software that can write poetry, listen emphatically, compose music, or provide dating advice?

In a word, we predict an Era of Abundance — consumers’ lives will be enriched through new channels for creativity and self expression, new paths to self discovery and belonging, and new ways to do the most meaningful work of their lives.

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Arts & Crafts

a16z’s Consumer team spends a lot of time testing (and playing with) the latest AI-native tools. Here you’ll find some of their favorite recent demos, trends, tutorials, and works of AI art.

Photo Effects with the New Pika 1.5 Model by Justine Moore
Photo Effects with the New Pika 1.5 Model

Hey guys – big news, turns out I’ve been cake this whole time

Create a True Crime Podcast With AI by Olivia Moore
Create a True Crime Podcast With AI

I uploaded 200 pages of raw court documents to NotebookLM.

It created a true crime podcast that is better than 90% of what’s out there now…

And ends with the hosts debating the ethics of the genre 🤯

Reviewing the New AI Features Coming in iOS 18 by Olivia Moore
Reviewing the New AI Features Coming in iOS 18

On this week’s @a16z podcast, @venturetwins and I reviewed the new AI features coming in iOS 18

Including the fact that you can now FINALLY record and transcribe calls  

Plus extra smart photo search, what we hope to see from Siri, and more

Experimenting with Runway’s New Video-to-Video Tool by Justine Moore
Experimenting with Runway’s New Video-to-Video Tool

Spent the last day playing around with @runwayml‘s new video-to-video tool  It’s pretty cool on it’s own and in combination with other tools.

The first clip here is @ViggleAI, the second is @getcartwheel, and the last two are my camera roll.

Edit Photos, Tweak Your Expression with AI by Justine Moore
Edit Photos, Tweak Your Expression with AI

Drag to move a face  

Using the new @reshotAI product from @alexcarliera.

Virtual Try-on with Photoshop (beta) by Justine Moore
Virtual Try-on with Photoshop (beta)

Virtual try-on with AI

These are real clothes that I’m applying by inpainting from a reference image.

It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good – on the beta version of @Photoshop

Bring Famous Art Subjects Into Modern Day by Olivia Moore
Bring Famous Art Subjects Into Modern Day

New AI genre – bring famous art subjects into the modern day

Presenting…American Gothic

Turn Yourself Into a Superhero with Viggle and DomoAI by Justine Moore
Turn Yourself Into a Superhero with Viggle and DomoAI

Turning myself into a superhero ✨

This is such a simple but fun workflow: animate a photo of yourself with @ViggleAI and use @DomoAI_ to stylize.

A Personalized AI Reading Engine, Powered by Claude and Your Book History/Ratings by Olivia Moore
A Personalized AI Reading Engine, Powered by Claude and Your Book History/Ratings

I love Goodreads as a tracking app, but haven’t found it to be great at recommendations.

So I built myself a personalized AI reading engine, powered by Claude + my historical ratings.

It re-ranked my entire 500+ “to-read” list based on learnings from what I like 👇

Personalized Character Videos with Viggle by Olivia Moore
Personalized Character Videos with Viggle

Excited to announce our investment in @ViggleAI

And my own accomplishment of becoming an Olympic pole vaulter (Raygun template next, please 🙏)

Put Characters in Videos or Make Them Move with Viggle by Justine Moore
Put Characters in Videos or Make Them Move with Viggle

Announcing our investment in @ViggleAI!

Viggle makes it incredibly easy to put characters in videos or make them move.

Since launch in March, millions have used Viggle to make memes, dancing videos, acting clips – and more.

(see me, CEO Hang, and @kirbyman01 ⬇️)

Ideogram 2.0 to Animate the a16z Logo by Yoko
Ideogram 2.0 to Animate the a16z Logo

Used @ideogram_ai‘s 2.0 model to animate @a16z‘s logo yesterday: Ideogram is re-making the new workflow for every designer.

– Image & concepts @ideogram_ai
– Motion @LumaLabsAI @runwayml
– Sound effect @elevenlabsio
– Music @udiomusic

SOUND ON 🔊

Tutorial: Running Multiple Flux LoRAs at Once by Justine Moore
Tutorial: Running Multiple Flux LoRAs at Once

New tutorial: running multiple Flux LoRAs at once.

This is useful if you want to put multiple people in an image OR combine a person with a style.

These were made using my LoRA + a style LoRA on @replicate, instructions 👇

Realistic, AI-Generated Profile Photos by Justine Moore
Realistic, AI-Generated Profile Photos

We’ve officially crossed the chasm on AI photos.

These would easily fool my friends & family members.

Generated in minutes on @replicate’s LoRA trainer for Flux (@bfl_ml).

AI Schedules Your DMV Appointment by Olivia Moore
AI Schedules Your DMV Appointment

I built an AI voice agent that called the DMV to schedule an appointment for me!

….and you can too. It took <30 minutes and two tools.

(And, it was incredibly satisfying to hear my AI deal with the DMV’s AI instead of sitting on the phone myself😂)

How I did it 👇

Speech-to-Speech Demo from ElevenLabs by Justine Moore
Speech-to-Speech Demo from ElevenLabs

Can’t stop watching this 🔥 @elevenlabsio speech-to-speech demo from @ammaar.

Such a cool way to control the emotion, timing, and delivery of AI voice.

Instead of describing what you want a clip to sound like…just voice it!

Video Generation From 3D Models by Justine Moore
Video Generation From 3D Models

Finally getting into video generation from 3D models.

It’s hard to do, but the consistency and control can’t be beat.

This one took four tools (+ heavy AI assist), workflow 👇

3D Motion Capture via Move AI by Justine Moore
3D Motion Capture via Move AI

Wild that you can now get a 3D motion capture in five minutes on an iPhone 🤯

This is from @MoveAI_’s new single camera feature.

Will take to Blender or Unreal later to make a character!

“Authoring at the Speed of Thought” by Olivia Moore
“Authoring at the Speed of Thought”

The concept of “curation as creation” is one of the most powerful things to me about AI art

As @nickfloats says, ideas are free!

The cost of testing has gone to near zero, opening up a whole new range of creative processes (and a new generation of artists)

The Promise (and Pushback) of “the Unknown” by Justine Moore
The Promise (and Pushback) of “the Unknown”

And finally, some 🔥 takes on the AI art debate.

“It’s the means to get somewhere, it’s not the final result….there’s always going to be naysayers, but that’s fine—we’re going to be ahead of them by a mile”
-Roustam Mirzoev

(more from @maxescu, @DaveJWVillalva, @GerdeGotIt)

“Blurring Art and Reality” by Justine Moore
“Blurring Art and Reality”

@RalFingerLP on how the power of the AI art community.

“When I upload a model, the creative way people utilize my stuff is so exciting.

I constantly refresh the site [@HelloCivitai] to see if anyone uploaded an image.”

“BBL Drizzy Meets Art History” by Justine Moore
“BBL Drizzy Meets Art History”

@KingWillonius on his creative process with AI tools.

“Sometimes it might take 20 times regenerating a song or an image.

But that’s the fun part of the process – a lot of times, you stumble upon something brilliant on accident. When that happens, it feels magical.”

AI Artist Retreat by Justine Moore
AI Artist Retreat

At @a16z, we’re big believers in the future of AI art.

We couldn’t be more excited to share a recap of our first artist retreat hosted last month in NYC.

So grateful to all of the creatives and companies who spent time with us. Hear from them 👇

Runway’s Gen-3 Image-to-Video by Justine Moore
Runway’s Gen-3 Image-to-Video

Have been playing around with @runwayml‘s new Gen-3 image-to-video.

There’s an impressive amount of movement, but it’s still not quite fully controllable with prompts.

Some unfiltered generations 👇

(starting with “river turns pink, giant wave crests”)

Simone Biles Anime via DomoAI and Morph Studio by Justine Moore
Simone Biles Anime via DomoAI and Morph Studio

Simone Biles starring in the anime Olympics ✨

“Justine in Paris”: Image > Video > Composition Tools by Justine Moore
“Justine in Paris”: Image > Video > Composition Tools

In honor of the Olympics:

“Justine in Paris” 🇫🇷

(keep watching to see where I end up)

And the workflow 👇

Turn Yourself Into an Animated Pixar Character by Justine Moore
Turn Yourself Into an Animated Pixar Character

Turn yourself into an animated Pixar character!

It takes a single picture + two clicks on a free tool (@heyglif)

Link 👇

Real-time Live Portrait via FAL by Justine Moore
Real-time Live Portrait via FAL

Real-time Live Portrait goes so hard.

It’s wild to animate a photo from a webcam video with zero latency.

Did this on @FAL!

“Orange Cat Goes on Vacation” via Ideogram, Kling AI by Justine Moore
“Orange Cat Goes on Vacation” via Ideogram, Kling AI

Orange cat goes on vacation 🐈

(images from @ideogram_ai, animated with @Kling_ai)

Animal Fashion Show, via Kling AI by Justine Moore
Animal Fashion Show, via Kling AI

Animal fashion show ✨

I try not to play favorites, but I might have to pick the last one…

(made by me, on @kling_ai)

“Retake” Any Photo by Justine Moore
“Retake” Any Photo

Stumbled upon a crazy new app.

You upload 10-15 photos of yourself so it learns what you look like.

Then you can “retake” any photo – change your expression, fix closed eyes, tilt your head differently.

It produces a bunch of variations that all look like you!

Step-by-Step Frames of How to Draw Any Image by Justine Moore
Step-by-Step Frames of How to Draw Any Image

Cool new model release:

PaintsUndo, which takes an image and outputs step-by-step frames of how to draw it.

It starts with a sketch and then fills in the colors, shading, and lighting.

TikTok’s AI-Powered Search Highlights by Olivia Moore
TikTok’s AI-Powered Search Highlights

Another big step in TikTok’s quest to replace Google for Gen Z…

The launch of gen AI-powered search highlights, that summarize (in text) key info across videos 👇

I can easily see these linking to products, reservations, etc. down the line

Walking through London with DomoAI by Justine Moore
Walking through London with DomoAI

Walking through London with @DomoAI_ 🪄

GPT-4o: Free, Real-time Audio Tour Guide by Olivia Moore
GPT-4o: Free, Real-time Audio Tour Guide

I used GPT-4o as a free, real time audio tour guide around London 🇬🇧

…and it was amazing!

Here’s how it works 👇

The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps

From video generators to virtual companions, these are the most popular gen AI web products and apps.

See Who's on the list

Meet the Consumer Team

We’re investors focused on the products and services that will be game-changers for the consumer experience across the world. We believe technology isn’t only for enhancing business, it’s about advancing human progress.

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Operations

Portfolio

  • Airbnb EXIT
  • AirGarage
  • All Day Kitchens
  • Allset EXIT
  • AltSchool
  • Arc
  • Atlys
  • Beacons
  • Belong
  • BeReal
  • BigScreen
  • Bounce
  • Braid.ai
  • Brightside
  • Bump EXIT
  • BuzzFeed EXIT
  • Caffeine
  • Canal
  • Captions
  • Caviar EXIT
  • Cider
  • Civitai
  • Clipboard
  • Clubhouse
  • Clutch
  • CodeCombat
  • Codi
  • Createra
  • Cuenca
  • Descript
  • Dishpatch EXIT
  • Dispatch
  • Divvy Homes
  • Dollar Shave Club EXIT
  • DoNotPay
  • Earn.com EXIT
  • EarnBetter
  • ElevenLabs
  • Elodie
  • EPAL, INC.
  • Facebook EXIT
  • Fanatics
  • FiftyThree EXIT
  • Filmhub
  • Flavrs
  • Flock Homes
  • Flow
  • Flutter EXIT
  • Foodology
  • Formation
  • Forte Labs, Inc.
  • Foursquare
  • Fudo
  • Genius EXIT
  • Glorify
  • Glow
  • Gobble EXIT
  • Golden EXIT
  • Graft Concepts EXIT
  • Groupon, Inc. EXIT
  • Gym Class VR
  • Hatch Loyalty EXIT
  • HealthIQ
  • Hipcamp
  • iCracked EXIT
  • Ideogram
  • Imgur EXIT
  • Incredible Health
  • Infinite Athlete
  • Instacart EXIT
  • Instagram EXIT
  • Intro
  • Jopwell EXIT
  • Journera
  • Julep EXIT
  • Kindred
  • Kno EXIT
  • Knowable EXIT
  • Knowmia EXIT
  • Lighter
  • Lime
  • Locale
  • Loft
  • Lowkey.gg EXIT
  • Luma EXIT
  • Luma AI
  • Lyft EXIT
  • Lytro EXIT
  • Mainframe Industries
  • Massive Health, Inc. EXIT
  • Maven
  • Mayvenn
  • Medium
  • Medley
  • Merit
  • Nash
  • Neighbor
  • NewNew
  • Oculus VR EXIT
  • OfferUp
  • Opendoor EXIT
  • Otter
  • Overtime
  • Parsec Gaming EXIT
  • Patch
  • Pietra
  • Pinterest EXIT
  • Polywork
  • Post
  • Practice
  • Prisms
  • ProductHunt EXIT
  • Quantopian EXIT
  • Queenly
  • Rabbit
  • Rappi
  • Ready Player Me
  • Red Hot Labs EXIT
  • Reddit EXIT
  • Reface
  • Reforge
  • Replit
  • Rival EXIT
  • Rockmelt EXIT
  • RTFKT EXIT
  • Run the World
  • Scribenote
  • Shef
  • ShoeDazzle EXIT
  • Singularity 6
  • Skout EXIT
  • Skype EXIT
  • Snackpass
  • SocialCam EXIT
  • Soylent EXIT
  • StarStock!
  • Stonks
  • Substack
  • Swell EXIT
  • Tasty Labs EXIT
  • Teleport EXIT
  • Testcode
  • TinyCo EXIT
  • Udacity EXIT
  • Udio
  • UnitedMasters
  • Viggle
  • Viki EXIT
  • Walker & Co EXIT
  • Whatnot
  • Within EXIT
  • Wonderschool
  • XBuild
  • Zipline
  • Zulily
  • Zuma
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