You Can Now Build Apps Just by Chatting on Your Phone

Top 3 Things in Today’s Latestly AI Edition

1. Emergent hit $100M ARR in 8 months and now lets users build and ship apps straight from their phones.

2. A U.S. judge ordered OpenAI to hand over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs in the NYT copyright case.

3. Runway raised $315M to double down on next gen AI video and world models.

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AI STORY OF THE WEEK

Emergent’s Mobile Breakthrough and the Rise of Vibe Coding

In one of the most consequential AI startup developments of the year, Emergent, a fast growing vibe coding platform, has not only broken the $100 million annual revenue run rate milestone, it has done so in just eight months and launched a mobile app to put generative app building into everyone’s pocket.

📱 Mobile First Means Software Creation Everywhere

Emergent’s newly released mobile app for iOS and Android lets people build, iterate, and even publish production ready web and mobile applications on the go, including deployment to Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Users can start with voice commands or text, then switch seamlessly between phone and desktop.

This shift is more than convenience. It reframes who can create software. A founder can build apps while travelling, a small business owner can automate workflows between meetings, and even non technical users are shipping real products.

Emergent reports over 10,000 apps built through early access to the mobile platform alone.

💰 $100M ARR in 8 Months. That Is Not Slow

What makes this story money relevant is not just the mobile launch. It is how fast Emergent’s revenue trajectory has shot upward.

The company says it doubled from about $50 million to $100 million annual run rate in just one month. That is a blistering pace by SaaS or AI startup standards.

Emergent’s platform has attracted millions of users globally. Over 6 million builders in more than 190 countries have created more than 7 million applications.

Roughly 150,000 of those are paying customers, meaning there is real revenue behind the headline.

This puts Emergent among the fastest growing AI native businesses globally, even outpacing some of its peers on key early revenue milestones.

📊 What Emergent Actually Does

Emergent is not a visual no code tool. It is an AI powered software builder. Users describe what they want in natural language.

Autonomous AI agents generate real production code, complete with backend, database, tests, and deployment pipelines.

Apps can go live without hiring engineers or traditional development teams.

In effect, Emergent acts like an AI CTO or engineer in your pocket, reducing barriers that have historically kept small businesses and solo founders from bringing software products to market.

🔎 Operator Takeaways

Emergent’s rise tells you one thing clearly: software production is becoming cheap and fast. That shifts the game.

What this means for operators:

• Speed wins. Ship small tools fast, test demand immediately, kill weak ideas quickly.

• Exploit perception lag. Most businesses still think software is expensive. Build fast with AI, charge for outcomes.

• Focus on niches. Generic tools will get crushed. Vertical, workflow specific solutions survive.

• Distribution is the moat. Audience, brand, and access to customers matter more than coding skill.

• Retention over hype. AI reduces build cost. It does not create product market fit.

Bottom line: AI tools like this commoditize development. The advantage moves to execution, positioning, and distribution.

GLOBAL AI NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The Most Important AI Developments Happening Now : Region by Region

Americas

New York federal judge orders OpenAI to produce 20 million anonymized ChatGPT user logs in copyright lawsuit filed by New York Times and authors

Anthropic senior AI safety researcher publicly resigns, warning world is "in peril" and citing internal pressure that made upholding safety values difficult

ByteDance launches Seedance 2.0 AI video generation model, creating cinematic videos from text prompts with native audio and advanced motion control

Europe

European Commission issues Statement of Objections to Meta, proposing interim measures to prevent blocking of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp under antitrust rules

OpenAI launches SME AI Accelerator in partnership with Booking.com to train 20,000 small businesses across six European countries in AI skills

Nokia survey reveals overwhelming majority of European tech and business leaders believe current networks require significant upgrades to meet AI demands

Africa

Rethink Africa Intelligence Conference 2026 officially launched in Accra at Google AI Centre, scheduled for April 10-11 to build Africa's intelligence ecosystem for sovereignty

InnovateAI Conference Lagos 2026 convenes policymakers and technology leaders on February 20 to examine responsible AI and digital infrastructure shaping Nigeria's digital economy

Middle East

Middle East universities invest heavily in AI research to strengthen education systems and prevent brain drain as Vision 2030 strategies drive decoupling from Western institutions

Saudi Arabia partners with Google Cloud and Accenture on a Generative AI Center of Excellence to speed AI adoption across sectors

UAE and Qatar join Pax Silica AI coalition; US official emphasizes "trust but verify" approach to ensuring technology partnerships align with security frameworks

APAC

Global tech firms pledge multi‑billion‑dollar AI investments at an India AI summit where world leaders and executives discuss infrastructure and deployment.

Google and Southeast Asia’s Sea Group agree to co‑develop AI tools for Shopee and other digital services to improve e‑commerce and gaming operations

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