Is There Still a Dream of the AI Super App?

Originally published in Chinese on December 10, 2024. A super app is one app that serves as the starting point for most of what a user does, and the question here is whether an AI-driven one will appear. China's big platforms, its phone makers and the new AI assistants are all after it, and this note sorts out where each could come from. Has a super app appeared? Yes, and not yet. It is still in process. I read the question as asking whether an AI-driven super app will appear. We can discuss where it might appear and what should count as one. Where a super app could come from