Andrew Chen quote, Sep 8, 2026

General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz · Sep 8, 2026 · Post, The coming product retention crisis

That’s a fair question at the dawn of the AI age when an app might take about as much time to build as editing a Youtube video. So this means average product retention will collapse, and the days of seeing >20% D30 will feel like a dream.

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Said by: Andrew Chen, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Where: The coming product retention crisis
Topics: Startups
Company: Andreessen Horowitz
Source: andrewchen.substack.com/p/adversarial-creativity-and-the-coming

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