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Next newsletter on wheresyoured.at I believe, outside of ChatGPT, that the combined generative AI industry is smaller than Pokémon Go at its peak, with apps like Gemini and Copilot having less than 20 million monthly active users. These unprofitable, unsustainable apps are also deeply unpopular.

Also curious about this. It’s confusing because Microsoft bought GitHub right? But I’m pretty sure GitHub Copilot is different and not included in this analysis.

right. I think GitHub Copilot is post-acquisition, but it was definitely released before "Microsoft Copilot" was a thing

It sucks to me that they seem ok with this naming collision. They are clearly, imo, favoring the general purpose one just because it has a higher market cap. GitHub Copilot was first and I know people actually use and like it. I use Claude more now I guess but still think (GitHub) Copilot is good

Yeah this doesn’t pass the sniff test for me if its meant to include GH Copilot. SO many software companies are buying IDE plugin licenses for all their engineers, often whether the engineer actually asks for it or not.

GitHub copilot has 1.8 million paying users, unclear how many free but also loses $20+ per user 👍 nice try brother

Well cool you might want to include that in your piece then instead of saying “the app and the site” if you have those numbers. Its BANANAS how hard its being pushed in the software industry and it’d be great to have a reference to how much is talk and how much is real.