2025: The State of Consumer AI

A report by Menlo Ventures, based on a survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults, shows consumer AI adoption soaring since ChatGPT launched. Nearly 1.7–1.8 billion global users, with 61% of U.S. adults using AI in the past six months. Yet monetization trails behind: consumer spending totals about $12 billion compared to $13.8 billion in enterprise AI. This highlights large untapped potential, especially for specialized tools that deeply engage users.

Despite widespread usage, consumer engagement remains shallow—largely limited to simple tasks like recommendation and search. This reveals a gap: users crave deeper, emotionally nuanced interactions that current interfaces don’t provide .

GRACE and the Rise of Emotional AI

Enter GRACE—an emotional AI platform designed to transform this landscape by infusing genuine emotional intelligence into everyday interactions. GRACE goes beyond transactional tasks: it detects mood shifts, offers empathetic feedback, and supports mental wellness. With the current consumer AI plateau, GRACE addresses an urgent unmet need: tools that don’t just serve, but truly connect.

In a world flooded with AI agents, GRACE becomes the emotional anchor—calibrating support to your stress levels, celebrating your wins, and even customizing mindfulness exercises during low states. By embedding emotional context, it unlocks the next frontier of engagement: AI as companion, not just assistant.

The near future

GRACE heralds a shift: human‑AI interaction is evolving from transactional efficiency to shared emotional experience. In the future, personalized emotional AI companions like GRACE will become essential tools—empowering individuals to proactively manage their mental and emotional health, detect early signs of stress or burnout, and cultivate daily resilience. The AI era’s true promise lies not only in doing, but in feeling.

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