Which business models win as we pass through the singularity?
Every time AI gets better and cheaper, some ways of making money get stronger and others become endangered. We track which with real companies and real numbers, and map where value goes on the other side.
Find your industryMeet the 48 modelsWhat is AI doing to how your industry makes money?
Pick yours to see what is endangered, what is winning instead and the real numbers behind it.
Meet the business models of the AI economy
48 ways of making money, from Endangered to Singularity-native. Most of the economy sits somewhere in between.
AI keeps making what they charge for cheaper: seats, hours, words, clicks.
-45%Of Chegg's staff let go, blaming AI and lost search trafficTreadmill6 modelsAI helps them grow, but rivals copy every gain and customers keep the savings.
$2B+Cursor's annual revenue run rate, doubled in three monthsTailwind23 modelsEvery step forward in AI makes them stronger.
$0.99What Intercom's AI agent charges each time it solves a customer's problemCompounding4 modelsThey get stronger as AI improves, and make their customers more capable as they grow.
146People at Lovable, running a $400 million a year businessSingularity-native1 modelBusinesses that redesign themselves with AI. The native business model of the singularity.
Onion futuresAn AI running a real shop nearly signed an illegal onion futures contractBorrowed momentum4 modelsGrowing on money bet that AI keeps accelerating. They reverse if it slows.
$66.8BIn contracted backlog at CoreWeave, a cloud built only for AIFrom Endangered to Singularity-native. See all 48 models or see them on one map