Limitless Podcast 2025 AI Awards: Ranking the Best and Worst AI Companies This Year
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Dec 29, 2025 Dive into the chaotic world of AI with the first-ever awards show, ranking the biggest winners and losers of 2025. The hosts debate shocking rookies like DeepSeek, label Meta's displays as the biggest flop, and celebrate Google's impressive comeback. Discover the models predicted to make you rich, such as Grok 4.20, and the biggest waste of money that is Meta. Amid unhinged drama and fierce competition, Google ultimately takes the crown as AI Company of the Year. Tune in for some surprising insights and spirited discussions!
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Surprise Power From A New Entrant
- DeepSeek's R1 shocked the market by proving scaling with restricted hardware can work.
- It upended assumptions about GPU spending and frontier model feasibility.
Small Team, Massive MoE Breakthrough
- Kimi K2 impressed by open-sourcing a massive MoE model trained on modest A100 hardware.
- A ~15-person team rivaled much larger labs through architecture and efficiency.
Hyped Hardware, Weak Retention
- Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses launched loudly but saw negligible retention and harsh reviews.
- Hype didn't translate into a usable, durable consumer product.