> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://madewithlove.com/blog/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What will the state of AI be like by this time next year? - URL: https://madewithlove.com/blog/what-will-the-state-of-ai-be-like-by-this-time-next-year/ - Published: 2025-11-06T07:13:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-24T08:06:12.000Z - Description: What will the state of AI be like in a year's time? Here are Mike Veerman's predictions of what major things will happen next in AI - Author: Mike Veerman - Tags: AI, Ideas, AI Agents, AI development, LLMs, Machine learning, Investor, AI strategy Two years ago, I joined my first madewithlove [retreat](https://madewithlove.com/about/retreats/). Those 24 months also overlapped with the crazy **AI rollercoaster** that hit our industry. As I'm on the bus back to Belgium, I'm **reflecting** on those changes. Two years ago, we had a retreat in Slovenia, [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/) was just getting **started**. I remember copying and pasting code in and out of that chatbox while building an application for an internal hackathon. Back then, that was the **state of the art**, and it was so uncommon that people on the team asked me to share knowledge about it. It's **crazy** to think that the apps we **hacked** together during that hackathon were 100% **organic**, hand-made and CO2-neutral. How the world has **changed**! Incoming AI. That applications **front-end**? [Lovable](https://lovable.dev/) could do that for you in a few clicks. That awesome **soundtrack**? Ask [Suno](https://suno.com/). The **graphics**? ChatGPT has become really good at those. We've all become a lot more **productive**. Using these tools, whether it be an AI editor or a full-blown AI development platform, is necessary for what comes next. That brings us to a fun question: **What will the state of AI be like by this time next year?** Here are some of my predictions. ## What will the state of AI be like by this time next year? ### CLI FTW After **ChatGPT**, AI-powered IDEs like [Cursor](https://cursor.com/agents) changed the industry. All of a sudden, most **developers** were moving from copy-pasting to in-**IDE assistants**. When ChatGPT emerged, there was plenty of resistance. "I don't need this to code". Then, when Cursor hit the market, the resistance turned into "I don't need Cursor. ChatGPT is enough". **Today**, the early adopters have moved on to CLI-based agents like [Claude Code](https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code) or [Codex](https://openai.com/codex/). My prediction is that 2026 will be the year of the **CLI agent**. By this time next year, most of you will have swapped Cursor for a terminal agent. ### Lovable becomes an industry Generators like [V0](https://v0.app/) and Lovable have become really good. Under the hood, they are [NextJS](https://nextjs.org/) apps with a [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) backend and support for **AI tools**. While they are not perfect, they unlock **productivity** like never before. I was Mr Lovable at our most recent retreat, but my **prediction** is that by the next one, most of you will use it to start and evolve new projects. So will most of our customers. ### MCP takeover The [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro) (MCP) hype is real. Right now, it's a curiosity, but a year from now, we will write **reusable** MCPs for most of the tools we use. I predict that integrating with tooling will become much more commonplace. Slack, Harvest, and Notion will be integrated at the speed of [**prompting**](https://madewithlove.com/blog/ai-overdose-when-developers-stop-thinking-and-start-prompting/) rather than writing **API integrations** by hand. ### LLMs reach a plateau When **GPT5** was in the air, social media was buzzing with rumours of **AGI** and **paradigm-breaking changes**. When the model was launched, it was a good **improvement** on GPT4, but frankly, it was more of the same. My prediction is that [LLMs](https://madewithlove.com/blog/revolutionising-diagnosis-how-large-language-models-can-drive-a-10x-change/) have almost **plateaued**. By the end of 2026, ChatGPT will be about as powerful as it is **today**. And that's a fantastic moment to be in. Because that means we are no longer building on **shaky ground**. The chance of developing something that will be obsolete or broken by the time GPT6 comes out is trending toward zero. Now that the tech has **stabilised**, the products will **bloom**. --- I'm wrong more often than I'm right, so it will be curious to see how these predictions hold up. Let's revisit them in a year. ![](https://madewithlove.com/blog/content/images/2025/11/cta-cto-2.png) #### An interim CTO for your startup We align product, process, and people so your team stops firefighting and starts scaling. [Talk to us about CTO as a Service](https://madewithlove.com/cto-as-a-service/)