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Marketplaces in the Age of AI

Andreessen Horowitz

While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen. Now, we believe generative AI promises to revolutionize marketplaces again. Demand Side AI’s impact on buyers (the demand side) should be fairly consistent across marketplaces, and almost entirely positive.

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7 Ways AI-Native Companies Can Improve Retention

Andreessen Horowitz

So what does this mean for the huge wave of new consumer AI companies, whose products are still early in their product cycles, often early in their implementation stages, and are evolving in real time? Here are the 7 most effective ways for AI-native consumer companies to improve their retention. In a word: yes.

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Bringing AI to the Masses

Andreessen Horowitz

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. David George: Sure.

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On Platform Shifts and AI

Casey Accidental

But AI could be coming (editor’s note: it did). Sam quickly pointed out that while AI is a potential technological platform shift, it is not a distribution platform shift. The internet created websites, but the search engine wouldn’t come along until later to become the dominant form of distribution. At least not yet.

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Why TestDome Considers FastSpring a Real Partner for Selling Software Online (Plus: Is Using AI Cheating?)

FastSpring

Now as a successful international business, TestDome has been with FastSpring through all of it, and even when other payment platforms launched intriguing new products, Mario never saw a good reason to leave FastSpring. “We Selling internationally is key to their business model.

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You’re Holding Your Business Back If You’re Not Automating These 5 Processes

SaaStr

No AI solution will understand your brand tone better than your marketing team, and you’d be taking a huge leap of faith if you let bots write your code. Sage Intacct is a popular choice for automating bookkeeping because it includes features unique to the SaaS business model.

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Series Finale and Whitepaper: How You Can Harness Agile Monetization for Unprecedented Business Success

Blulogix

Key Takeaways for Businesses Embrace Change and Innovation: In the digital age, agility is your strongest asset. Embrace emerging technologies and innovative business models to stay ahead of customer expectations and competitive pressures. Join us in synthesizing agile monetization for unprecedented business success.