Blog•May 4, 2026
We're so Early
Over the past four months, Ali Abouelatta’s startup Lazyweb has experienced rapid growth, prompting a reflection on how early the AI ecosystem truly is. While large language models now outperform expectations, the surrounding tooling—chat windows, search plugins, and AI agents—remains fragmented, costly, and unreliable for non‑text tasks. The author lists dozens of pain points, from the absence of AI‑native video editors to the difficulty of managing API keys and real‑time alerts. He concludes that the problem space is wide open for solutions.