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a16z Releases Global Top 100 AI Apps List: ByteDance Shines, Dating and Cross-Modal Apps on the Rise

New shifts, new opportunities, new ambitions.

"Why Hasn't the AI Super App Emerged Yet?" | Ten Reflections, a Glimmer of Hope

Dreams are worth having — what if they actually come true?

Brewing tea, making pancakes, practicing Wing Chun — AI robots are better at retirement than I am

What's more, it never ages in the first place.

NVIDIA Also Deserves Some Credit: Powering *Black Myth: Wukong*

You win either way. / Heads I win, tails you lose. / It's a no-lose situation.

This AI Search Engine Drew 12,000 Paying Users and Raised $11 Million

Users and investors are both buying in.

AI in China: 10 Enterprise Deployment Cases and Their Business Implications | A Conversation with Ren Xin: AI Entrepreneur and Investor

Over the past six months, Ren Xin and I have been immersed in AI day in and day out, and we've observed ten real-world AI application stories.

Kuaishou Launches New AI Product "Spaceship" — Can It Take Off?

"Doubao Takes a Spaceship, Kimi Plays with Hailuo AI"

A Guide for AI Product Managers: Who I Am, Where I Come From, Where I'm Going — A Conversation with ByteDance AI Product Lead Vanessa: Lessons from Interviewing 100 AI Product Managers

We sat down with our good friend Vanessa, an AI product manager at ByteDance, to talk about how she interviews candidates for AI PM roles.

Li Mu: "Starting a company is about defying fate — what exit strategy are you even thinking about?"

One year in AI is three years on Earth.

"With AI, I Want to Make Investing as Easy as Scrolling Douyin" | A Conversation with Vakee, Founder of RockFlow

Can AI + Finance Actually Change Anything?

"Model capabilities are already sufficient — if we're going to compete, let's compete on infra" | A conversation with Guanlan Dai: Founder of Runta

"What Makes You Love an Industry for 15 Years?" | A Conversation with Tianfan Wang: I Want to Invest in True Joy, the Purest Vision, and the Brilliance of Human Nature [Highway Podcast]

11 Years, $11 Billion, and Then What? | A Conversation with Airwallex's Jack Zhang: In the AI Era, the Next Stop Is $100 Billion

Faster! Even faster! Fast enough to generate the world in real time | A chat with Shengshu Technology's Jintao Zhang on Vidu S1, inference acceleration, and real-time interactive video

AI4S Needs Madmen and Visionaries | A Conversation with Odin of Valhalla: "If God Exists, How Can I Tolerate Not Being God?" [Highway Podcast]

Day 500 of the Agent Era: What's Disappearing, What's Being Born — Why We Should Stop Investing in GUI-Minded Software

I Found the First Companion Robot I Actually Want to Buy! | A Conversation with Shibo: Founder of Yueban Dynamics [Highway Podcast]

A Conversation with MiniMax's Junjie Yan: M3, Project 10X, the 10T Model, and the Endgame of Intelligence

Which Path Leads to the "World Model" Endgame? | A Conversation with Biwei Huang, Founder of Aether AI

How Do Pros Use AI? How Do Regular People Learn AI? How Do Investors Bet on AI? | A Conversation with Ke Dai Biao Li Zheng