[Schmerika]

There are actually quite a few trillion dollar industries that exist thanks to "side projects".

Apple was Woz's side project, once upon a time. Adsense came from Google's 20% time. Social media started as a side project.

Forests grow from trees. Trees grow from seeds. More potential seeds = more potential forests.

[queenkjuul]

All the undiscovered Woz's of the world add up to a trillion dollars? There's $1T of money out there waiting to be spent on side projects?

The question was "are side projects a trillion dollar industry" not "has a side project ever started an industry"

How much of a new $1T software product will anthropic capture in token costs, anyway?