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Unit Economics
6 articles tagged with Unit Economics.
Your AI Budget Line Is Wrong. Tokens Are the New Headcount.
Engineering teams spend more on AI tokens than junior salaries. The cost structure of building software has inverted and most finance teams missed it.
The AI Pricing Stack: Usage, Outcome, and Hybrid Models
Per-seat pricing is dying but the replacement is not simple. A practical framework for AI pricing that covers usage-based, outcome-based, and hybrid models.
Your Killer Feature Will Be Cloned by Friday. Build a Moat.
4 engineers, 10 days, a new product line. AI coding agents collapsed build economics. If code is a commodity, your moat is data, integrations, and trust.
The Cannibalisation Paradox: Why Per-Seat Pricing Dies in the Agentic Era
If your AI roadmap succeeds, customers need fewer seats and you earn less revenue. The fix: price around the units of work completed, not user logins.
The 2,500% Audit Tax: The Math That Will Kill Your Multi-Agent P&L
A manager model checking every worker output increases unit cost by 2,500%. The fix: a spot-check architecture that can save 75% of your token margin.
Your AI Copilot Is a Margin Trap. Build for Replacement.
AI is not a feature, it is a new compute paradigm. Bolting GenAI onto legacy platforms destroys unit economics. If the AI is optional, it's a gimmick.