TechCrunch July 21, 2026 • 19:39

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app - TechCrunch

By Sarah Perez

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app - TechCrunch

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotif…

All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same, and that’s not an accident. For a decade, platforms fought over who would dominate a single format: music, video, podcasts, audiobooks. N… [+5614 chars]

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