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Zitoun: Submagic experiences a very high 15% monthly customer churn

David Zitoun · How I Built my AI Tool SubMagic to $667k/Month With a Tiny Team and No Funding · Jun 10, 2025 · at 40:06

David Zitoun, co-founder of Submagic, reveals his company's monthly churn rate during a discussion on AI SaaS retention.

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“Our churn is around 15% today, so it's very high, month over month.”

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