STATE OF FOUNDATION MODELS 2025

Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

VC analysis reveals 1 in 8 workers globally now use AI monthly, and frontier model training costs hitting $500M although most frontier models are surpassed within 3 weeks. The report documents unprecedented revenue growth (some startups scaling $0-$20M in 60 days), reasoning models emerging as the new scaling frontier, and predicts AGI within 3 years.