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Steph Smith
Steph Smith appears in 2 indexed conversations across The a16z Show. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
The Top 100 GenAI Products, Ranked and Explained
Steph SmithAnish AcharyaOlivia Moore
The GenAI leaderboard remains volatile at the edge but durable at the center, with 16 products appearing in all four editions and 17 new web entrants in January 2025.ChatGPT’s weekly users doubled from 200 million to 400 million in six months as new capabilities expanded recurring jobs, while DeepSeek reached 10% of ChatGPT’s web scale in 10 days; retention, monetization, and product-first differentiation remain key tests.
What DeepSeek Means For The Future Of AI | Tech Veterans Weigh In
Steph SmithMartin CasadoSteven Sinofsky
DeepSeek R1’s permissive MIT-like license and released reasoning traces enable broad adoption and distillation into smaller models, shifting strategic advantage toward distribution and “AGI in your pocket.”Model value may migrate from benchmark leadership to stateful workflows as competitors catch up, while scale-out expands endpoints without eliminating hyperscale compute.The clearest policy signal is that chip and open-source restrictions did not prevent capable Chinese research, making faster domestic innovation and permissionless diffusion the unresolved US advantage.