AI-powered consumer products experience meteoric hypergrowth, reaching millions of users and $100M ARR within 2 years, driven by usage-based pricing, consumer expensing at work, sophisticated pricing tiers, consumer-to-enterprise bridges, and early enterprise sales investments.
The NFL unveils its 2025 Kickoff campaign 'You Better Believe It', combining live action and AI to create a larger-than-life fan celebration for all 32 teams, featuring cameos from Jalen Hurts, Normani, Druski, and Rizzler celebrating the start of the season.
Meta's profits surge from proven machine learning models as generative AI hype overshadows the continued success of conventional AI techniques powering applications across sectors, potentially signaling overlooked investment opportunities in traditional AI firms.
Google Vids launches AI-powered video creation tools that convert images to videos, generate AI avatars, and trim transcripts, enabling businesses like Mercer and Fullstory to produce engaging videos efficiently.
Apple sends out invitations for its annual September event, set for the 9th, where it will unveil the iPhone 17 lineup, including the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air, alongside updates to Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, HomePod mini, and potential software launches, promising an 'awe dropping' showcase.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT GO in India for ₹399 monthly, offering 80% savings over the Plus plan while providing 10x more messages, image generation capabilities, and UPI payment support to capture the country's massive 29 million user base.
Roku unveils Roku Ads Manager, a powerful tool for advertisers targeting holiday shoppers, offering advanced targeting, shoppable ads, Shopify integration, and real-time data optimization for efficient, cost-effective streaming TV campaigns from October through January.
Profound, a startup aiming to optimize brand visibility in AI search, secures $35 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia, positioning itself as a pioneer in addressing post-SEO challenges as AI chatbots reshape the search landscape, offering solutions to monitor and optimize content for AI models.
xAI's AI model 'Grok 4' becomes globally available for free usage with ads and usage limits, allowing wider access while introducing monetization strategies to sustain operations.
Elon Musk unveils plans to integrate advertisements into X's AI assistant Grok, enabling advertisers to pay for product placements in its responses as part of X's monetization strategy, leveraging xAI technology for improved ad targeting on the social network.