Perspective

AI’s consumer tipping point has arrived. More than half of American adults (61%) have used AI in the past six months, and nearly one in five rely on it every day. Scaled globally, that translates to 1.7–1.8 billion people who have used AI tools, with 500–600 million engaging daily. This is no longer experimentation; it’s habit formation at an unprecedented scale.

Chime (CHYM) is trading on the Nasdaq after a 13-year journey to “unite everyday people to unlock financial progress.” Menlo Ventures wishes Chris, Ryan, and the entire team our heartiest congratulations for building a truly beloved product that helps millions of customers lead healthier financial lives.

The enterprise AI landscape is being rewritten in real time. As pilots give way to production, we surveyed 600 U.S. enterprise IT decision-makers to reveal the emerging winners and losers.

The Anthology Fund is a $100 million initiative created through a partnership between Menlo Ventures and Anthropic to fuel the next generation of AI startups.

At Menlo Ventures, we remain excited about the future of cybersecurity, particularly companies leading with AI innovation.

Unlike previous generations of software that primarily addressed low-level, sequential tasks that could be robotically executed, new cognitive architectures enable AI agents to dynamically automate end-to-end processes.