Zain Abiddin
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How AI Changes Activation, Retention, Expansion & Growth

30 min
Aug 26, 2026 3:00 PM

What you'll learn

Understand How AI Changes SaaS Growth

Learn why AI is changing traditional assumptions around activation, engagement, retention, and expansion.

Build an AI-Native Growth Model

Learn how to move customers from first outcome → trust → delegation → retention → expansion

Measure What Actually Drives AI Growth

Identify the metrics that matter when customer value comes from outcomes and work completed.

Why this topic matters

AI is changing the fundamental mechanics of SaaS growth. As software shifts from helping users do work to doing the work itself, traditional metrics like engagement, feature adoption, and seats can become misleading. Growth teams need a new model built around outcomes, trust, delegation, retention, expansion, and sustainable unit economics.

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Zain Abiddin

Zain Abiddin

Built subscriptions at Canva | Ex-Shopify | Founder, GrowthPad

Previously Growth at
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Shopify.com
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