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OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 1 on Apple’s US App Store

October 6, 2025
OpenAI’s Sora app for AI videos is a viral hit, despite being invite-only for now and limited to users in the U.S. and Canada at launch. On its first day, Sora saw 56,000 downloads, and is now ranked as the No. 3 Top Overall app on Apple’s U.S. App Store, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. On Friday, October 3, it became the No. 1 app on the U.S. App…
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A new a16z report looks at which AI companies startups are actually paying for

October 3, 2025
On Thursday, Andreessen Horowitz released its first AI Spending Report in partnership with the fintech firm Mercury. Using transaction data from Mercury, the report analyzes the top 50 AI-native application layer companies that startups are spending money on, similar to the previously published Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps. a16z partners Olivia Moore and Seema Amble say the data shows companies…
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New project makes Wikipedia data more accessible to AI

October 2, 2025
On Wednesday, Wikimedia Deutschland announced a new database that will make Wikipedia’s wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models. Called the Wikidata Embedding Project, the system applies a vector-based semantic search – a technique that helps computers understand the meaning and relationships between words – to the existing data on Wikipedia and its sister platforms…
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Opera launches its AI-centric Neon browser

October 1, 2025
Browser maker Opera launched its AI-centric browser Neon Tuesday, with the ability to create apps through AI prompts and create repeatable prompts through a feature called “Cards.” With this Opera joins a growing number of companies like Perplexity and The Browser Company that are trying to make agentic browsers happen. The company first announced that it was working on Neon in May…
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