{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Runpoint: AI Business Transformation Podcast","title":"2025 AI Recap & 2026 Predictions: Winners, Losers, and What's Actually Working","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/20bf2368\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2469,"description":"Happy New Year! In this episode, Matthew and Sam break down what actually happened in AI during 2025 and make predictions for what's coming in 2026.\nWe cover the biggest winners and losers, the apps and tools that changed how we work, who to follow for smart AI takes, what surprised us most, and where we think things are headed.\nKey topics:\n• Why companies that stayed curious won 2025\n• OpenAI's fall from dominance to a three-horse race\n• Claude Code and why it changed everything\n• The tools we actually use daily (Whisper Flow, Granola, Cursor)\n• Why vibe coded apps are passing enterprise code reviews\n• Google's image generation breakthrough\n• Our custom CRM build and the future of back office AI\n• Why product managers are the winners of 2026\n• The coming downfall of SaaS and low-skill trades\nPlus: We launch our new Run Point Magazine and Sam accidentally emails hundreds of people.\n🔗 Get the Run Point Magazine: [link]\n🔗 Subscribe to our newsletter: [link]\n---\n## Chapters\n0:00 - Intro & Happy New Year\n0:39 - Biggest Winner of 2025: Curious Companies\n2:16 - Claude Code Changed Everything\n4:04 - Biggest Loser of 2025: AI Resisters\n5:25 - Why OpenAI Lost Ground in 2025\n7:07 - Best App of 2025: Claude Code & Whisper Flow\n9:17 - Granola, Transcripts & the Transcript-to-Action Pattern\n10:29 - Why Cursor Won the IDE Wars\n11:33 - Best Thinkers to Follow: Tyler Cowen & Twitter Curation\n14:40 - The Run Point Magazine Launch (and Email Disaster)\n17:17 - Biggest Surprise: Enterprise-Grade Vibe Coded Apps\n20:35 - Google's Image Generation Breakthrough\n22:53 - Best Thing We Built: The AI-Powered CRM\n27:08 - Worst Things We Built: Complex RAG Systems\n28:52 - 2026 Predictions: Product Managers Win Big\n30:37 - 2026 Loser Prediction: Half of SaaS Dies\n32:28 - Why Low-Skill Home Services Are in Trouble\n35:04 - AGI Is Basically Here (Contrarian Take)\n38:10 - Why \"Vibe Coding\" Will Get Rebranded\n38:38 - 2026 Resolutions: Back Office AI & Continuous Learning\n41:01 - Wrap Up","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J8t_zr9ARjI2f2cdFABJsSzRDnvqZ_RmHIhyQWPPIXs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZjVl/ZmRjZDdmZjBiNDY3/ZjNjMWQxY2ZkMDY3/Y2FiNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}