FormulaBot sees 5% churn, with 10% of churned users leaving for ChatGPT
David Bressler · I Built a $1M AI App [No Code] · Feb 11, 2024 · at 14:12
David Bressler discusses how free ChatGPT availability impacts retention for his paid spreadsheet tool FormulaBot.
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“I have about five percent churn. 10% of the reason as to why people churn is because of ChatGPT.”
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