Jon Stojan

Enterprise AI pilots may encounter difficulties not only when a model generates incorrect SQL, but also when teams lack visibility into those errors or must grant the agent broad access to test its output.

While much of the AI industry competes to build general-purpose assistants, a different kind of company is betting on the opposite: narrow consumer products that use generative AI to address one specific problem. Deniz Güney, founder of the app studio Rocket Digital, has built his business on that idea. Over the past several years, he has shipped a portfolio of consumer AI apps spanning image generation, video creation and computer vision, each one a test of what current models can do for ordinary users.

Finance software has become increasingly effective at showing companies where their money went. Dash.fi CEO and founder Zach Johnson thinks the next useful application of AI is determining whether some of that money should have been spent at all.

Not long ago, turning a text prompt into a moving scene sounded futuristic. Today, a rough concept or reference image can be enough to begin generating video through AIGC.

The short drama market has grown quickly in recent years, but content creation can still involve technical barriers for everyday users, while professional production costs may limit how much content gets made and who gets to make it. Meantio, an AI-powered short drama creation and entertainment platform, has launched on iOS, offering a set of AI tools designed to support short drama creation, distribution, and community engagement. The company says the platform is intended to make short-form storytelling more accessible to a wider range of users.

In 2025, at least one ecommerce leader acknowledged that he wasn’t going to increase headcount anymore before considering if AI could fill the gap first. His message reflected a growing interest among C-suite executives in using AI as a capacity-expanding tool.

For years, the trading industry has been driven by a familiar race. Faster execution, quicker alerts, and lower latency have often been treated as the defining measures of innovation. While speed remains important in financial markets, some technology companies are exploring whether other capabilities may offer traders a more meaningful advantage.