🚨 Announcing the latest @a16z top 100 AI apps!
This marks the fifth edition 🎉 of our global ranking of consumer AI websites and mobile apps by usage.
And in my opinion, it was our most surprising list yet!
Our top takeaways + who made it 👇
A popular NPM package got compromised, attackers updated it to run a post-install script that steals secrets
But the script is a *prompt* run by the user's installation of Claude Code. This avoids it being detected by tools that analyze code for malware
You just got vibepwned
Success tends to go to your head and make you emotional.
Feeling invulnerable, you make aggressive moves that ultimately undo the victory you have gained.
Was having lunch with a billionaire
He tipped our waitress 500%
Wow
I asked why he did it
"That tip puts her over the annual income limit for the rent-controlled apartment she lives in. Now the landlord can kick her out and raise the rent by thousands of dollars for the next…
the vibe coder knows what the code is doing at all times. They know this because they know what the code isn't doing. By subtracting what the code is doing from what it isn't doing, or vice versa (depending on the energy in the room), they derive a difference, or vibe…
285 Followers 5K FollowingChief Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Solutions & PM at Hightower Advisors. CNBC contributor. Treasure family time & a good run. Proud BC alum.
65 Followers 903 FollowingOne of the world's longest tenured financial broadcasters. Reported & hosted all over the world. Data driven journalist. Storyteller. Surprisingly funny.
22K Followers 682 Following7x biz owner. Rolling up foundries now @canekast, moving to other SMB manuf soon. Sharing W’s and L’s … most tweets lessons learned from L’s
685K Followers 117 Following#1 NYT Bestselling Author: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, The Daily Laws
239K Followers 3K FollowingI create, incubate, own, oversee, and eventually sell businesses. Then, Chilis. @hirewithnear, @holdcoconf, @alamofireworks, @cyberfortress, Union Media + more.
428K Followers 553 FollowingI talk about the skills, beliefs, and businesses I’m building | Helped 10,000+ start writing at https://t.co/t2IzOoW1mW | Former @blackrock trader turned writer
415K Followers 603 FollowingYou will own cows, eat steak, get sunlight and you will be happy
Link below for zero glyphosate collagen and coffee. Not medical advice.
6K Followers 34 Following10+ years trading crypto & markets. Built a team of 280+ members. Sharing real-time setups & high-conviction plays. Access my private group ↓
5K Followers 1K FollowingCo-founder @MaticRobots, reimagining home robots with Vision-only Spatial AI. Prev: Co-founded @Flutterapp acquired by Google, Ex-PM Lead Nest Cams, Google
37K Followers 207 FollowingCrypto miner & options seller | Documenting my entire journey on X | Learn how I am making $1000s every month selling options. DividendExecutive on Youtube NFA
9K Followers 6 FollowingThe current generation of computers requires a newer perspective at the architectural level, working on computer hardware that is parallel and reconfigurable.
9K Followers 3K FollowingWorld’s shittiest founder @ThroneScience • WHOOP for your poop • Building the check engine light for your gut and smoke detector for colon cancer
27K Followers 771 FollowingHusband & Managing Troublemaker at From the Culture Inc. @fromtheculture_ Co-Creator & Producer of @ComeUpSeries.
He took a DNA test. It came back “1-of-1.”
18K Followers 6K Following3D Digital Artist 🎨 Teacher 🖥️ Tea Drinker ☕ Avid Explorer 🌍 I Experiment With AI As Well 🇿🇦 CPP on Hailuo, Kling, Runway, Pixverse, Pika
13K Followers 8 FollowingGet startup ideas and practical tutorials on AI tools will make you more money and build your business. Host: @gregisenberg
Available on Spotify, Apple and YT
7K Followers 464 FollowingStarted with e-commerce on Shopify, made my first $1M. Ventured into mobile apps with no experience—now my first app is making over $90k MRR.
192K Followers 2K FollowingOne of the world's longest tenured financial broadcasters. Reported & hosted all over the world. Data driven journalist. Storyteller. Surprisingly funny.
197K Followers 312 FollowingChief Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Solutions & PM at Hightower Advisors. CNBC contributor. Treasure family time & a good run. Proud BC alum.
203K Followers 360 FollowingOfficial account of Dan Ives. Wedbush MD. Tech analyst on Wall Street over two decades. Family, stocks, sports 📱✈️📈🚘. 🏈We Are Penn State! Jersey Pizza #1🍕
97K Followers 858 FollowingHead of Investment Strategy at @SoFi. Proud Wisconsin native. If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
329K Followers 2K FollowingCo-Founder @marketrebels | #Stocks #Options | TV & Streaming Star | @ChicagoBears LB | Expert on The Multiverse & Metaverse | Inductee into OIC Hall of Fame