AI app naming has gone full fruit salad: Granola, Strawberry, Pistachio and beyond
james_mtc · x · 2026-10-29
A meme thread mocking the AI startup naming trend: from note-taking app Granola and AI browser Strawberry to made-up tools like Pistachio, Gingerbread, Syrup and Chicken Tikka Masala, poking fun at the 'delete the old tool, install the new one' cycle and homogenous food-themed branding in AI tooling. The attached screenshot shows a viral product launch tweet (Delete Chrome/Granola/Claude, switch to Strawberry 1.0) as a prime example.
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