AI App Supply Surges 2-4x, Yet Only 3% of Consumers Pay

a16z charts show AI-era software supply exploding—new iOS apps tripled to 120K/month—while only about 3% of consumers have paid out of pocket for AI, showing monetization lags far behind the app boom.

2026-09-21 ~ 2026-09-21 · 3 related posts

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