The only constant in AI and startups is change.

If you’re not revisiting your vision and positioning regularly, you’re already falling behind. This week, we explore how fresh perspectives and bold pivots are shaping the future, from our own evolution at 10Web to some of the biggest breakthroughs in AI.

Elon Musk’s Grok Imagine is redefining content creation. Alibaba just dropped two powerhouse models pushing the limits of code and reasoning. And Anthropic has quietly overtaken OpenAI in the enterprise world.

The landscape is shifting—fast. Here's what these moves mean for how we build, create, and stay ahead.

In Today’s AI Simplified: 

• Founder’s Insight: Keeping your vision fresh isn’t optional—it’s essential. Startups and markets evolve fast, so regularly reviewing your positioning ensures you don’t just survive but lead. At 10Web, this mindset is driving a shift from “AI-powered website builder” to “Vibe Coding,” putting real power and freedom in the hands of creators and developers.
• AI News: Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok Imagine, an AI video generator turning text and images into short videos with sound. Alibaba steps up with two powerhouse models: Qwen3-Coder, an open-source agentic coding AI with a massive context window, and Qwen3-Thinking, a reasoning specialist for deep, multi-step problem solving. Anthropic overtakes OpenAI as the enterprise AI leader with 32% market share, signaling a major shift toward closed-source models.
• AI Spotlights: This week’s tool is Anakin.ai, a unified AI platform that streamlines content creation, automation, and workflows without coding. In social buzz, Mark Zuckerberg reveals Meta’s vision for personal superintelligence—AI that truly understands you and integrates deeply into daily life.

A few months ago, I opened one of 10Web’s first pitch decks. The vision was bold—but our focus was all over the place. We tried to be the toolbox, the engine, the fuel, and the driver at the same time.

No wonder the ride was bumpy. Startups shift; markets shift faster. What got you here won’t get you there. So in any growth phase, checking your positioning isn’t nice to have—it’s mandatory. We’re doing that review now at 10Web. Our tech is solid, the team is bigger, and a new category is forming around us.

• Then: “AI-powered website builder.”
• Now: “Vibe Coding”―developers, indie hackers, and creators can prompt full WordPress apps, edit the code, and truly own what they build.

It’s not just about building faster; it’s about building better, with full freedom. This shift guides our product roadmap, growth strategy, and messaging. Details soon—but the vibe is strong.

When was the last time you asked, “How are we really different?”

Do it. Align product, positioning, and market pulse, and you’ll be surprised by what you find.

1. xAI launches Grok Imagine: Text & Image to Video with Sound—Now Online and In-App

Elon Musk’s xAI has introduced Grok Imagine, a video generation tool that turns text prompts or static images into animated short videos with synchronized sound and visual effects. Think of it as the AI-powered evolution of Vine—designed for memes, marketing, or creative expression.

Key features

• Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
• Customizable styles, motion effects, and audio
• Multiple modes: Normal, Fun, Spicy
• Generates in under 30 seconds
• Supports both vertical and landscape formats

It’s built for loopable, short-form content—ideal for animating profile photos, childhood pictures, or meme templates. Musk described it as a “meme motherlode,” and early tests suggest it could become a go-to AI content tool.

Available now in the Grok app (iOS & Android) for SuperGrok and Premium+ users.

2.  Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over OpenAI’s

Anthropic’s AI models have surged past OpenAI to become the top choice among enterprises, capturing 32% of the enterprise large language model market by usage, compared to OpenAI’s 25%, according to a recent Menlo Ventures report.

This marks a dramatic shift from two years ago when OpenAI held half of the enterprise market share and Anthropic just 12%. Since then, Anthropic’s share steadily climbed, fueled by releases like Claude 3.5 Sonnet in mid-2024 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet earlier this year.

Anthropic’s dominance is even more pronounced in coding AI, where it holds 42% market share, more than double OpenAI’s 21%. Google’s enterprise model usage has also grown steadily.

The report reveals enterprises prefer closed-source AI models like those from Anthropic and OpenAI, with over half avoiding open-source alternatives. Meta remains the leader in open-source models, but open-source usage dropped from 19% to 13% in enterprise daily workloads this year.

While OpenAI still commands a massive consumer base — with over 2.5 billion daily ChatGPT prompts — Anthropic is clearly the enterprise heavyweight now.

3.  Alibaba supercharges AI with dual launches: Qwen3-Coder and Qwen3-Thinking

Alibaba is doubling down on AI breakthroughs with two powerhouse models pushing boundaries in both coding and reasoning.

Qwen3-Coder is their cutting-edge agentic AI coding model designed for high-performance software development. It excels at generating code, debugging, and managing complex workflows — all powered by an efficient 480 billion parameter architecture activating 35 billion per token. Open-sourced and battle-tested, Qwen3-Coder supports massive codebases with a native 256K token context window (extendable to 1 million), and comes with tools like the Qwen Code CLI for natural language-driven engineering tasks.

Meanwhile, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 leaps logical reasoning, math, science, and instruction following. This reasoning-specialist model features deep, long-form understanding with a massive 256K native context and seamlessly supports extended reasoning chains without manual activation. It’s built exclusively for “thinking mode” — delivering sharper, more accurate multi-step reasoning across diverse domains.

Both models showcase Alibaba’s commitment to pushing open-source AI tech that meets real-world demands, from writing complex code to cracking tough reasoning problems. Developers can access these models on Hugging Face, ModelScope, and Alibaba’s Model Studio platform.

Whether you’re coding the next big app or tackling multi-step research tasks, Alibaba’s Qwen3 family is built to deliver serious AI horsepower.

Tool of the week

Anakin.ai — All-in-One Platform for AI Productivity and Automation

Anakin.ai is a centralized AI platform that combines content generation, copywriting, image/video/voice creation, intelligent agents, and automated workflows. It’s designed to help individuals and teams build and deploy AI-powered solutions without technical expertise.

The platform connects with leading AI models including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta Llama, and Stable Diffusion. Users can choose from over 1,000 prebuilt AI applications or create custom tools through Anakin’s no-code builder.

Key features:

• 1,000+ ready-made AI apps for writing, Q&A, content automation, and data processing
• Unified access to top models across text, image, and voice
• Workflow builder for automating complex or repetitive tasks
• Auto Agents that act independently based on defined goals
• Chatbot training using proprietary data and brand tone

Social Buzz

“We’re building personal superintelligence for everyone.” – Mark Zuckerberg

In a new video, Zuck lays out Meta’s AI vision: not just another assistant, but an AI that knows you, understands your environment, and helps you get things done—across smart glasses, mobile, and VR.

This isn’t about chasing GPTs. It’s about embedding AI into your daily life—ambient, useful, and personal.

AI Event Pick

Understanding AI: What It Means, Where It’s Going, and How We Shape It

📅 Date: August 13-14

Hosted by the nonprofit Public AI, this free two-day virtual summit brings together experts from institutions like Princeton, Harvard, and Mozilla to help demystify AI for the broader public. The sessions will cover where AI is headed, how it affects education, creativity, labor, and decision-making, and what ethical and regulatory frameworks could help guide its development.

Designed to move past buzzwords, the event focuses on giving individuals and communities the knowledge to engage with AI more critically and constructively.

Learn more and register here.