AI-Powered Consumer Products for 1 Billion People
AI token costs falling 10x per year will unlock a mass consumer moment very soon
“And whoever built it now owns it.”
Y Combinator argues AI is the biggest platform shift yet but consumer adoption lags because inference costs remain prohibitive at ~$1,000/month per user. With costs dropping 10x annually, YC predicts a near-term consumer inflection point across productivity, health, finance, and social categories. The pitch frames now as the window to build category-defining AI consumer apps before the moment arrives.