.@a16z DROPS ITS 6TH ANNUAL TOP 100 GEN AI APP LIST
> ChatGPT still dominates with 900M weekly users, but Claude grew paid subscribers 200%+ YoY as a two-platform AI war takes shape
> The AI market is splitting into 3 global ecosystems (Western, Chinese, Russian), and the US ranks just 20th in per-capita AI adoption
> Agents are the next frontier, #Claude Code hit $1B ARR in 6 months & OpenClaw became GitHub's #1 most-starred project before being acquired by OpenAI

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