VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products like WebMD and TripAdvisor continue to exist as standalone apps, or [...]

By |January 7th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Google firms up Nano Banana trademarks for cybersquatting disputes

Another panel finds that Google had common law trademarks shortly after launching Nano Banana AI model. Google has won another cybersquatting dispute involving its Nano Banana image-generation AI, securing the transfer of nanobananapro .com. The company filed two cybersquatting disputes shortly after launching the Nano Banana model in August 2025. It got different results: in [...]

By |January 7th, 2026|Uncategorized|