Google says Gemini now has 950M MAUs, up from 900M in May and 750M in February
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Gemini’s jump from 750M to 950M MAUs in five months is distribution at search scale, not app scale. If you’re building AI-native products, assume users will first encounter you through a Gemini or ChatGPT surface, not your own UI.
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