That may be, but OP tried to claim that
> once Jai comes out, Zig will become obsolete
If Jai is happy to have limited adoption (which is fine), other languages will by definition not be displaced by Jai. That is even if we accept OPs implied point, that Jai is good enough to displace Zig, without further discussion. But even that seems to be rather doubtful.
Agreed, however I also think Zig will be another Coffee Script, PureScript, Elm,...
I advise to revisit HN posts about them.