the next mobile app billionaire will be made in 2025 og app days (2008-2015): - ship basic app - hit app store feature - become millionaire overnight dark ages (2015-2022): - facebook ate your money - app store turned into walmart - needed millions to compete - growth was pain abundance age (2025+): - new ai apis drop daily - tiktok = free real estate - users excited about ai apps - market wide open - fastest distribution ever why you should care: - build time? weeks not years - marketing cost? basically zero - no clear winners yet - timing? perfect storm the playbook: - one ai feature that is different - dead simple mobile app - ship in 30 days max - charge $12.99/month - post 2x a day tiktok/ig (multiple accounts) - find your viral format - rinse and repeat - scale till it hurts next 12 months: - copycats flood in - distribution separates winners - short-form video drives everything - early movers win big - mass adoption goes crazy 2008 gave us app store millionaires 2025 will give us ai app billionaires never been a better time than now to build