Odaily News: a16z has released the seventh edition of its Top 100 Consumer AI Apps ranking. ChatGPT continues to hold the top spot, with monthly active users on mobile surpassing 1 billion; Claude's web version has risen to third place, with monthly visits approaching 1 billion.For the first time, this ranking added a revenue ranking, alongside the web and mobile traffic rankings. Among them, by monthly revenue, the top five are OpenAI, Anthropic, Canva, Superhuman, and Higgsfield. Because Gemini's revenue cannot be reliably separated from Google's other consumer businesses, Gemini was not included in the revenue ranking.a16z noted that compared with the first edition of the ranking three years ago, which mainly consisted of chatbots and image generation tools, consumer AI apps today have expanded into multiple fields including coding, music, design, voice, video, agents, and smart hardware.

According to GMGN market data, the market cap of SOL ecosystem Meme coin CLAUDIA briefly surpassed $9 million, before falling back to approximately $8 million, with an intraday gain of over 580%.Regarding the related narrative, CLAUDIA is built around an AI character IP designed by AI creator Anabology, and has recently drawn attention from a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen. Community opinion holds that CLAUDIA's core narrative lies in its AI character IP and its commercialization potential. The developer recently interacted with Musk and plans to use trading fees for AI film production, with related merchandise potentially launching in the future.Odaily reminds readers that Meme coin prices are highly volatile and susceptible to market sentiment and trending events. Please be aware of trading risks.

Odaily News: AI startup TypeSafe AI has completed an approximately $870 million funding round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), bringing the company's valuation to $7.5 billion.TypeSafe AI's AI model Jev quickly gained traction within weeks of its release. Co-founder Diogo Almeida said that after the launch video went viral, the company attracted significant attention from corporate executives, developers, and investors. Jev is currently used by approximately one-third of Fortune 500 companies and surpassed 1 million users within days. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News: Network School has announced the completion of a new funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase, Balaji, and others. The specific amount of the funding was not disclosed, and the project is valued at $2 billion. Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, announced the above information at the Network State conference.

Odaily News: Jeeves Inc. has announced the completion of a $110 million Series C funding round, led by CoinFund, with participation from AllianceBernstein, Coinbase Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), among others. The company is a fintech firm and plans to use the funds to launch a stablecoin wallet and AI agents, as well as to provide instant payment services in more countries.

Odaily reports: a16z crypto has published a post stating that one of the core values of blockchain is "creating entirely new markets." Through permissionless issuance and global distribution, it breaks through the long-standing constraints of traditional financial markets—such as listing committees, legal frameworks, and geographic fragmentation—enabling market supply to better match global potential demand.According to a16z crypto, from perpetual contracts, spot DEXs, and prediction markets to lending, meme coins, NFTs, and real-world asset tokenization, nearly all representative markets in the crypto industry have benefited from this mechanism. Among them, perpetual contracts are the most direct embodiment of this trend. In July of this year, onchain RWA perpetual contract trading volume reached an annualized scale of $1.4 trillion, accounting for approximately half of Hyperliquid's trading volume. As mechanisms such as HIP-3 and HIP-4 lower the barriers to market issuance, a16z crypto expects that onchain markets will continue to expand into commodities, foreign exchange, indices, 24/7 equity exposure, as well as previously underserved risk assets such as CPI, computing power, music, social trends, and sports.

Odaily reports that AI real estate tech company EliseAI has announced the completion of a new $350 million funding round, reaching a valuation of $4 billion. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with existing investors Sapphire Ventures and Navitas Capital participating. This marks the company's fourth investment from a16z and Bessemer since 2023, coming just about 13 months after its previous $250 million Series E round.It is reported that EliseAI's software currently primarily provides automated home leasing, resident services, maintenance requests, and lease renewals, with its platform covering approximately one-sixth of apartments across the United States. The new funding will be used for product development and to expand EliseAI's engineering, deployment, and sales teams in North America. (Fortune)

Odaily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has updated its crypto FAQ regarding token buybacks, adding a new provision stating that if there is no centralized entity behind a token buyback arrangement, the arrangement may not constitute an investment contract. Previously, Miles Jennings, General Counsel and Head of Policy at a16z crypto, stated that the original wording could allow issuers to announce buyback plans without thereby constituting an investment contract.

Odaily reports: An analysis published by a16z crypto on September 23 shows that the total trading volume of real-world asset perpetual contracts in August 2026 reached $117.3 billion, of which on-chain platforms accounted for approximately $101 billion, or 86%; centralized exchanges accounted for approximately $16 billion, a 44x increase compared to the same period last year. A year ago, on-chain platforms accounted for only one-third or less of trading volume.As of the end of August, open interest stood at $4.8 billion, roughly 30 times larger than the $161 million recorded in July 2025. By trading volume, equities accounted for 48%, commodities 28%, and indices 18%, marking a shift from the previous structure dominated by commodities. a16z stated that Hyperliquid's HIP-3 protocol, launched in October 2025, simplified the creation of new perpetual markets and enhanced liquidity sharing.

Odaily reports: a16z crypto stated that the trading scale of RWA perpetual contracts tied to equities, gold, and other traditional assets has grown rapidly, with trading volume reaching $117.3 billion in August 2026, a 44x increase from a year ago, and open interest reaching $4.8 billion.Of this, on-chain RWA perpetual contract trading volume in August was approximately $101 billion, accounting for 86% of total trading volume, while centralized exchange trading volume was approximately $16 billion. By asset class, equities accounted for 48% of August trading volume, while commodities and indices accounted for 28% and 18%, respectively.a16z stated that after Hyperliquid launched HIP-3 in October 2025, developers could deploy their own perpetual contract markets based on HyperCore, further driving the migration of RWA perpetual trading on-chain.