2025: A Remarkable Year for Building Creative Machines!
In one year, Building Creative Machines grew into a global community exploring AI and creativity through open knowledge, practical insight and shared experimentation.
2025 was an incredible year for Building Creative Machines! What started as a focused publication exploring creativity, technology and artificial intelligence has grown into a global community with real impact. All in just one year!
This year showed what is possible when curiosity, openness and consistency come together.
A Community That Truly Grew
In 2025, the Building Creative Machines community passed 10,000 people.
The community became genuinely international:
Around 70% of readers are based in the European Union
Around 20% are in the United States
The remaining audience spans other regions, reflecting the global nature of AI and creative technology
This diversity strengthened the conversations, perspectives and use cases shared across the platform.
Content That Adds Real Value
Over the course of the year, Building Creative Machines published:
Around 100 articles, covering AI, creativity, product thinking, design, strategy and emerging tools
More than 200 open-source creative sketches, shared freely with the community
Over 50 exclusive interviews with leaders and experts from organisations such as Anthropic, Deloitte, Microsoft, Harvard and TikTok, among others
The focus remained consistent: practical insight, clear thinking and content that helps people understand and use AI in creative and responsible ways.
Image: Building Creative Machines in numbers (GPT 5.2 Infograph)
Beyond Writing: A Broader Presence
2025 was not only about publishing.
The project launched its book, bringing together ideas, frameworks and reflections from the community
Building Creative Machines was officially registered with the Media Regulatory Authority in Portugal
A journalist's CCPJ certificate was obtained, reinforcing editorial credibility
The team attended more than 100 events, mainly focused on AI and emerging technologies, and conducted several interviews for newspapers, magazines, podcasts, and TV
There were over 50 workshops and talks, sharing ideas directly with organisations, students and professionals
All of this happened within a single year.
The Most Read Articles of the Year
Some pieces clearly resonated more strongly with the community. In 2025, the Top 4 most popular articles were:
Manus Slides: My Experience Building a Strategic PPT Presentation (the best one so far)
Product Review: Weavy makes multi-model creative work feel sane
These articles reflect what the audience values most: clarity, honest experience, practical tools and thoughtful analysis of where AI is heading.
Looking Ahead to 2026
The pace of AI will not slow down, and neither will Building Creative Machines.
The goals for 2026 are clear:
Keep up with the rapid evolution of AI and creative technologies
Continue publishing applicable, open and well-grounded content
Grow the community to 50,000 people, while maintaining quality and trust
The focus remains the same: building understanding, encouraging creativity and supporting better use of intelligent machines.
One Year In. Just the Beginning
Everything described here happened in one year.
2025 proved that Building Creative Machines is more than a publication. It is a growing space for learning, sharing and shaping how creativity and AI come together.
And this is only the beginning.
Thank you for being part of the community!