# Multiplayer-First AI Products ## Core Insight AI products are following the same arc as SaaS: from single-player tools to collaborative multiplayer experiences. The shift from [[Personal AI]] to [[Collaborative AI]] represents the next major platform wave. ## Historical Pattern | Era | Single-Player | Multiplayer | |-----|---------------|-------------| | Design | Photoshop | Figma | | Spreadsheets | Excel | Airtable | | AI Assistants | ChatGPT solo | ChatGPT group chats | ## The Transition Point > "When an agent can sit in the same space as multiple humans...watching the conversation, resolving ambiguity, coordinating decisions is when software stops being a tool and becomes a participant." — Greg Isenberg ## Implications - **From tools to participants**: Agents become active collaborators, not just utilities - **New categories emerge**: Collaboration structures we don't have names for yet - **Value creation**: Billions created in single-player; next billions in multiplayer ## Cross-Domain Connections - [[Software Evolution]] - [[Agent Architecture]] - [[Collaborative Software]] - [[Social Computing]] ## Source Derived from [[Over the next 2–3 years, the most important AI products...]] (Greg Isenberg, 2025-11-14)