OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch
Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.
Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption
Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption.
ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped
The experience includes awards, poems, and pictures referencing your year in chat.
Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs
Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.
Apple’s new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with ‘third-party AI’
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.
Mem0 raises $24M from YC, Peak XV and Basis Set to build the memory layer for AI apps
Taranjeet Singh (pictured right) has launched six companies, with some failing and others seeing varying degrees of success. His seventh, Mem0, could be his defining one. The startup starts with the premise that large language models can’t remember pas…
Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts
Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.
ChatGPT’s mobile app has generated $2B to date, earns $2.91 per install
ChatGPT is topping its rivals on mobile with $2B in global consumer spending to date.
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal
Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal, available in the U.S. through Google Labs, that lets users quickly spin up web apps with just a few prompts.