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Morning Edition · Saturday, October 3, 2026Published at 2:33 AM EDT · New York
Consumer AI Spending Stays Narrow: About 2% of US Households Pay for a Subscription
Andreessen Horowitz put paid household penetration at roughly 2.2% as of April, against AI use by about 41% of US workers.
The claim circulating this week that 98% of US households are not paying for AI is the inverse of a figure from Andreessen Horowitz's market report: roughly 2.2% of US households held a paid AI subscription as of April 2026. Tech Startups r…
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