Sadan: 65% of New Websites on Duda Are Built With AI Assistants
Itai Sadan · 65% of Their Sites Now Start This Way (Most Founders Miss It) · Jan 6, 2026 · at 8:15
Itai Sadan, co-founder and CEO of website builder Duda, discusses how creators are integrating AI tools into modern site-building workflows.
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“A fun fact is that 65% of websites being created on Duda today are using one of our AI assistants.”
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