Consumer AI Is in Its “Awkward Teen Years”

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Investors describe today’s consumer AI market as an in-between phase, similar to smartphones before Uber and Airbnb emerged. According to Goodwater Capital’s Chi-Hua Chien, AI platforms still need time to stabilize before breakout consumer businesses appear. With models like Gemini reaching parity with ChatGPT, some believe AI is nearing its 2009–2010 mobile moment.

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Consumer AI still feels experimental, but this phase is necessary before maturity.