Snapshots That Wow!

Gemini closing (in) OpenAI

In the 2 weeks since the Gemini launch, ChatGPT unique daily active users (7-day average) are down -6%.

Source: SimilarWeb

Dirty jobs always pay well

Data-center cleaning grows 2x the industry at 1x rev multiples. The most mispriced bet to play the sector?

Source: Grata

No option but to sing, Thodi si toh lift kara de

Otis launches the automatic elevator in 1950 making the elevator attendant redundant. From almost a lakh attendants at the peak, during the launch, the number came down 90% to under 10,000 in four decades. There are a few contenders for GenAI’s elevator attendant.

Source: Benedict Evans

Sipping, a lost cause, in the era on instant gulping

In 2025, 43.2 million SIPs have been discontinued or ceased and 50.4 million new SIPs have been opened, implying a stoppage rate of close to 86%. This means for every 100 SIPs being opened, 86 have been discontinued.

Source: ET Prime

GenZ is here to re-teach ABC of consumption

By 2030, over 40% of consumption spends in India will be driven by GenZ and GenAlpha. Old guard at FMCG to make way for new categories, new brands?

Source: Fireside Ventures

Baby steps that caused a leap!

An uplifting chart to end this week’s edition.

For most of human history, around 1 in 2 newborns died before reaching the age of 15. By 1950, that figure had declined to around one-quarter globally. By 2020, it had fallen to 4%.

Even with this dramatic improvement in the last century, child mortality is one of the world’s largest problems. Around 6 million children under 15 die per year. That’s around 16,000 deaths every day, or 11 every minute.

Source: Our World In Data