We beat Google DeepMind but got killed by Zhipu AI
Two months ago, my friends in AI and I asked: What if an AI could actually use a phone like a human? So we built an agentic framework that taps, swipes, types… and somehow it’s outperforming giant labs like Google DeepMind and Microsoft Research on the AndroidWorld benchmark. We were thrilled about our results until a massive lab (Zhipu AI) released its results last week to take the top spot. They’re slightly ahead, but they have an army of 50+ phds and I don't see how a team like us can compete with them, that does not seem realistic... except that they're closed source. And we decided to…
We beat Google DeepMind but got killed by Zhipu AI launched on August 20, 2025 with 7 votes, #3,174 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
AI agents can now use real Android and iOS apps, just like a human. - minitap-ai/mobile-use
In the maker’s words, at launch
Two months ago, my friends in AI and I asked: What if an AI could actually use a phone like a human? So we built an agentic framework that taps, swipes, types… and somehow it’s outperforming giant labs like Google DeepMind and Microsoft Research on the AndroidWorld benchmark. We were thrilled about our results until…
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