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AI Breakdown · December 28, 2025 · 25m

AI in 2025: The Year That Changed Everything (Again)

NLW's year-end review of 2025 in AI: reasoning models, the agent explosion, DeepSeek's disruption, and the looming IPO wave.

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NLW's thesis: in 2025, AI completed its transition from a tool you use to an environment you inhabit. This environmental shift is the defining change.
Looking back from early 2026, the breakthroughs of 2025 already feel like baseline expectations. The pace of adaptation ensures that no year's progress provides lasting wonder.