Only ~3% of US Consumers Pay for AI, a16z Data Shows

Only about 3% of US consumers pay out of pocket for AI subscriptions, up from under 1% in 2023, with the youngest users adopting 4x faster than the oldest. That penetration lags far behind iCloud+, which 64–70% of US iPhone users pay for.

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