TRENDS I'M SEEING IN AI PRICING

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

AI pricing is getting harder as agents are running longer and more autonomously. People dislike usage-based billing because it is unpredictable, and per-seat pricing doesn't map cleanly to AI value. One pricing model that has prevailed in 'credit', where customers pre-purchase tokens for work. Credits will likely stick around, but they still don't make AI spend feel predictable, as agents can do wildly unpredictable amounts of work. AI products prioritizing billing observability would make AI feel more like software and less like a casino.